25 August 1993
August 25, 1993
Submission to the Legislative Committee on Bill 79, An Act to Provide for Employment Equity for Aboriginal People, People with Disabilities, Members of Racial Minorities and Women
NAWL’s Submission to the Legislative Committee is a response to Bill 79, with some suggestions and comments on how it will fail to advance equality rights in Ontario. ...
1 June 1993
June 1, 1993
Submission to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-126, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Young Offenders Act
NAWL’s brief discusses stalking and harassment, abduction of children, spousal conspiracy and child witnesses. ...
1 May 1993
May 1, 1993
Four Year Review of the Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act (Sexual Offences)
NAWL’s brief pertains to laws governing sexual offences against children, and proposed rules on children giving evidence in court. ...
15 March 1993
March 15, 1993
Submission on Bill C-113, An Act to Provide for Government Expenditure Restraint (U.I.C. Amendments)
NAWL’s brief addresses the implications for women of the proposed cuts to U.I.C. ...
20 February 1993
February 20, 1993
Women and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Honourable Bertha Wilson’s keynote address to NAWL’s Tenth Biennial Conference Healing the Past, Forming the Future. ...
1 January 1993
January 1, 1993
Brief to the CBA Task Force on Gender Equality
NAWL’s submission to the Canadian Bar Association Task Force on Gender Equality. ...
1 December 1992
December 1, 1992
NAWL’s Response to the British Columbia Ministry of Equality’s Pay Equity Proposals of July 17, 1992
Comments on British Columbia’s proposals for implementing pay equity in that province. ...
5 August 1992
August 5, 1992
Women and Constitutional Change: A Response by the National Association of Women and the Law to Federal Proposals for Amending the Constitution of Canada
A response by NAWL to various federal proposals for amending the Constitution of Canada. ...
1 July 1992
July 1, 1992
Bill C-80 and Related Measures
NAWL’s response to the Department of Health and Welfare’s White Paper, “The Child Benefit: A White Paper on Canada’s New Integrated Child Tax Benefit”. Submitted to the Parliamentary Committee studying Bill C-80. ...
20 May 1992
May 20, 1992
A Brief on Bill C-49, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Sexual Assault)
NAWL’s response to the proposed “rapeshield” law. Submitted to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-49. ...
1 April 1992
April 1, 1992
The National Association of Women in the Law Response to “Working Towards Equality” (Employment Equity in Ontario)
NAWL response to “Working Towards Equality” (Employment Equity in Ontario). ...
1 September 1991
September 1, 1991
Consent to Treatment and Substitute Decision Making
NAWL responded to Ontario legislation that recognizes a new category of “partners” (in addition to spouses). The document comments on the implications of this category for lesbian and gay partners, and advocates for a guarantee of explicit consent to treatment for pregnant ...
1 June 1991
June 1, 1991
A Brief on Employment Equity
NAWL’s recommendations for amendments to the federal Employment Equity Act are contained in this brief, along with suggestions for improving enforcement of the legislation. ...
1 March 1991
March 1, 1991
Gender Equality in the Courts: Criminal Law
This report canvasses the issue of gender unfairness in the Canadian legal system. Using case law analysis of selected Manitoban and some national decisions in the area of criminal law, the study adopts a victim’s perspective. ...
1 March 1991
March 1, 1991
Section 213 of the Criminal Code – Prostitution
This brief was written in response to recommendations by the Committee on Justice and the Solicitor General to make prostitution an indictable offence, in order to permit fingerprinting of all prostitutes. Happily, the federal government agreed with NAWL’s comments, and did not ...
23 February 1991
February 23, 1991
Women’s Work is Never … Done, Paid, Valued, or … Finished
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22 February 1991
February 22, 1991
The Feminization of Poverty
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1 February 1991
February 1, 1991
Women and Tax Policy
This document was a background paper for the NAWL conference on the Feminization of Poverty. ...
1 February 1991
February 1, 1991
Brief on Bill C-17, An Act to Amend the Law Related to Enforcement of Support and Custody Orders
NAWL delivered this brief on the government of Ontario’s Bill 17 to the Standing Committee on the Administration of Justice. ...
1 February 1991
February 1, 1991
Labour Law’s Little Sister: The Employment Standards Act and the Feminization of Labour
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