Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology by CCPA senior researcher Katherine Scott

The tension between this federal government’s neoliberal economic roots and social justice ambitions has always been evident.

We’re not expecting many bells and whistles in this federal budget. It doesn’t need to be that way.

Canada introduced unprecedented relief measures in the early days of the pandemic. Did they address the pandemic's heavy toll on women and other marginalized communities?

Canada has made significant progress on gender parity among elected officials, but there is still a long way to go.

The federal action plan is not the national action plan we've been fighting for.

Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #7: Women workers are changing industries—and they're looking for better pay

Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #6: Workers in the care economy have been battered over the past two years, and that crisis shows no signs of slowing.

Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #5: Women's salaries are failing to keep up with inflation—a look at the latest numbers

Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #4: A new trend is emerging—women workers taking early retirement, especially in pandemic-affected industries.

Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #3: Fall 2022 labour force data shows that pandemic-vulnerable sectors still have not recovered from COVID-19.

Bumpy Ride Fall 2022 Update #2: Looking at the racialized employment gap among women workers in the Fall 2022 labour force data