This document discusses gender equality in Canada. It provides background on the author and their expertise. Several topics are then summarized, including Canada's ranking in global studies of gender equality, definitions of pay equity, Canada's wage gap ranking compared to other countries, and the percentage of women in the Canadian workforce and on corporate boards. Concerns about recent Canadian policies related to Islamophobia and Sharia law are also mentioned. The document concludes by discussing additional actions needed to further gender equality goals.

1. Gender Equality – Canada
PAUL YOUNG CPA CGA 10, 2019
MARCH 10, 2019

2. Paul Young - Bio
• CPA, CGA
• Academia (PF1, FA4 and MS2)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Supply Chain Management
Contact information:
Paul_Young_CGA@Hotmail.com

3. Summary
 People should be judge on qualifications and
experience, not gender
 Surveys do not discuss experience and
education. Many employers have a grid system
which is based on merit, experience and
education
 Women sometimes make choices that put their
family first over their careers
 There are more women in workspace than 30
years ago

4. Agenda
 What is Equality?
 Global Ranking
 Pay Equity – What is pay equity?
 Canada Wage Gap Ranking
 Morneau Shapell
 M103 and Sharia Law

5. Gender Equality
Gender equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and
opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and
decision-making, and when the different behaviours, aspirations and needs of women
and men are equally valued and favoured.
Source - http://genderequality.ie/en/GE/Pages/WhatisGE

6. Gender Quality – World Ranking
Source - http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GGGR_2017.pdf
• Canada was rank
19th in 2014
• Canada is now
ranked 16th which
is only 3 spot
improvement since
2014

7. Gender Equality / Canada
Source – World Economic Forum
2015
2016
2018
2014
• More and more women have entered politics -
https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/women-politics/

8. Women vs Men Business Ownership

9. What is Pay Equity?
Pay Equity is equal pay for work of equal value
Source - http://www.payequity.gov.on.ca/en/AboutUs/Pages/the_difference.aspx

10. Wage Gap - Ranking
Source - http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-with-the-biggest-gender-pay-gap-2016-3

11. Canada Women in Workplace
Source - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2015009-eng.htm

12. Morneau Shapell Board of Directors
Source - https://www.morneaushepell.com/ca-en/board-directors
• 1/3 of Morneau Shepell
board members are female

13. Blog – Gender Equality
 The World Economic Forum has released its annual study on gender equality, and
Canada once again is ranked 20th. http://lawofwork.ca/?p=2244
 Liberals need to take emotions out of their economic focus and put focus on
getting things done like pipelines built or streamlining of regulations -
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/canada-importance-of-trace-february-
2018
 Source - https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/key-budgetary-goal-to-help-women-
enter-work-force-would-lift-economy-analysis-1.3813367

14. Sharia Law and M103
 “Canada is inching toward a broadly-based law
that would codify “Islamophobia” as a hate
crime without even defining Islamophobia or
demonstrating that it is a phenomenon
requiring legal action. After first passing a
motion that condemns Islamophobia, last
month, Iqra Khalid, a Member of Parliament
(MP) from the governing Liberals, tabled
Motion M-103 in the House of Commons. The
motion demands that Islamophobia be treated
as a crime without even bothering to define the
offense.”
Source -
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2017/01/29
/iqra-khalid-intros-sharia-law-bill/
Sharia Law / Canada
“’ll tell you who wants to bring Sharia Law,” Thompson said
then. “The Canadian government wants to bring Sharia Law
and this is not a joke. Why? Because Sharia Law is simply the
way Muslims are doing things.”
“The Canadian government wanted the Muslims to be able to
regulate their own issues….to solve their problems amongst
themselves [according] to Sharia Law, so it is not a burden on
the court system which is already so bogged down.
“The government told us – we would like you to have this
system, and we would like to work on these initiatives with
you.”
”
Source - https://gellerreport.com/2018/02/trudeau-
sharia.html/

15. Carbon Tax / Equality
Michelle Rempel asked Bill Morneau about gender analysis of carbon tax

16. PM Trudeau - Groping
• Trudeau has never owned his groping event as such continues to portray himself as a feminist

17. Justin Trudeau Feminist Statement
• Jody Wilson-Raybould was demoted -
https://globalnews.ca/news/5025938/gerald-butts-
dinner-jody-wilson-raybould/
• Jane Philpott resigned -
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/philpott-resignation-
trudeau-snc-lavalin-1.5042411
• Melanie Joly was demoted -
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/once-a-rising-
star-melanie-joly-demoted-after-hurting-liberals-in-
quebec
• Celina Caesar-Chavannes resigned
https://torontosun.com/news/national/lilley-liberal-mp-
celina-caesar-chavannes-cryptic-message
• Elbowing NDP Female MP

18. What’s next
 Small business tax reforms need to be repealed - https://www.cfib-
fcei.ca/en/media/small-businesses-need-tax-fairness-innovation-and-training-
support-2018-federal-budget
 Access to capital
 Affordable housing
 Push more women into sciences, IT, math, etc. fields of studies.
 Liberals need to stop thinking this is the 1950s
 People need to be promoted based on the skill & experience and not solely on
their gender.