Women’s rights: we still have far to go

We hurt ourselves when we repeat the same old sexist shibboleths about not finding qualified women, fail to recognize pay equity, or suggest women in public life should be docile.

Labour Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured last year, announced in October the government would introduce pay equity legislation for federally regulated workplaces.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

November 21, 2018

OTTAWA—After hockey the other night, one of my fellow old-timers complained about the demand for gender equality on boards of directors. He pointed out his organization is composed of engineers, and given directors are normally fairly senior people, they would have to be drawn from people who grad...

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