Women who are left in the plan

Guillaume St-Pierre

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:33

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Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:33

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OTTAWA, The Trudeau government was nice to have included the word “women” to 691 times in his budget tabled Tuesday, but he is far from having responded to the concerns of a large number of them.

Justin Trudeau boasted on Wednesday of having filed for the first time in canadian history a budget of which all the elements take into account the disparity between men and women.

But the train of small measures that he has announced will have an impact “marginal” on the lives of women, believes Alexandre Laurin, researcher at the C. D. Howe Institute.

No difference

“A few small initiatives will not make a big difference,” believes the economist.

In total, the liberals have planned to invest some $ 500 million over five years in programs targeting women. A sum relatively high, according to Mr. Laurin.

Added to this is $ 1.2 billion over five years to encourage the second parent to stay at home for longer, thereby allowing women to more quickly return on the labour market after giving birth.

This parental leave of five weeks is already in place in Quebec. It is even more generous in the province, also laments Mr. Laurin.

If the government really wants to help women, they must quickly imitate the province of Quebec in putting into place a system of child care subsidized.

“This is the root of the problem, he said. As we know since a long time. “