Pay equity delays pile up for women in federal jobs as union alleges bad faith at Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Canada's pay equity commissioner is looking into complaint against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which the union says should lead to $15.9-million in pay adjustments. Meanwhile, a new analysis finds Ottawa-area women in the public sector earned three per cent less than comparable men.
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Women working in the public sector and living in the Ottawa area earned about three per cent less than comparable men in 2025, according to a new analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Canada's largest public sector union is accusing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency of acting in bad faith by delaying a pay-equity plan that unions say would deliver about $15.9-million in p...

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