Law still doesn’t reflect equal status of five female ministers

Office budgets are kept secret until the year’s end.

Sport and Disabilities Minister Carla Qualtrough, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu, Small Business and Tourism Minister Bardish Chagger, and Francophonie Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is planning to change the law outlining ministerial titles in the fall, according to the PCO.The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

July 13, 2016

Five ministers technically appointed as ministers of state still don’t have their roles recognized in the law used to dictate cabinet salaries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named a cabinet with gender parity in November 2015: 15 women, 15 men. But five female min...

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