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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1 February 1991
February 1, 1991
Workshop on Limits of the System: Women in Family Law – Procedural Issues in Family Law and Client Services
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1 December 1990
December 1, 1990
Women and Sentencing
Written in response to a consultation paper by the Department of Justice on directions for reform, this brief contains NAWL’s views on sentencing and corrections. ...
1 April 1990
April 1, 1990
Achieving Pay Equity in Ontario
This paper is NAWL’s response to a discussion paper by the Ontario Ministry of Labour on proposed amendments to the Pay Equity Act. ...
15 February 1990
February 15, 1990
Brief to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-43, An Act Respecting Abortion
This brief explains in detail why Bill C-43 is fundamentally flawed. Some of the reasons are that this is an inappropriate use of the criminal law, that it will open a door to legal harassment of women and doctors and that its ...
14 January 1990
January 14, 1990
Poverty, Youth and Housing
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1 December 1989
December 1, 1989
Prostitution: Bill C-49 Four Years Later
Outlines NAWL’s concerns with the 1985 anti-soliciting law. Prostitutes’ safety and enforcement inequities between prostitutes and their customers are highlighted. Also shows how the law did not achieve the purpose for which it was enacted which was to clean up Canadian streets. ...
15 August 1989
August 15, 1989
Submission to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-21, An Act to Amend the Unemployment Insurance Act
Sets out NAWL’s concerns with the proposed legislation on UIC tabled in the House of Commons, including the government’s plan to discontinue its contributions to the UIC plan and to take money from that plan to finance training programs. Takes the position ...
16 February 1989
February 16, 1989
Women and Law, International Perspectives
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1 February 1989
February 1, 1989
Internalized Dominance and Equality
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1 February 1989
February 1, 1989
Pay Equity: A Canadian Response to International Conventions
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1 February 1989
February 1, 1989
Women’s Movement: International Perspectives
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1 February 1989
February 1, 1989
Some Aspects of Women’s Employment in Europe and Legislative Trends
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1 February 1989
February 1, 1989
Pay Equity: The Australian Situation
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1 February 1989
February 1, 1989
Issues and Action on AIDS in the Philippines
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