Tag: Bill C-21

Women’s Organizations Call on National Party Leaders to Honour Their Campaign Promises to Ban Assault-Style Firearms

March 7, 2023
Press Release
Recent Updates
Violence Against Women

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/03/2023 Weapons designed for war are a threat to the safety of women and girls, groups say Ottawa, ON: Thirty-one women’s and feminist organizations from across Canada are calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to honour his government’s longstanding commitment to ban assault-style firearms in Canada. The groups are also asking all opposition party leaders…

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Open Letter: #Women4GunControl call for a federal ban on assault-style firearms

Open Letter
Recent Updates
Violence Against Women

To: Justin Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre, Yves-François Blanchet, Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May  CC: Ron McKinnon, Raquel Dancho, Kristina Michaud, Paul Chiang, Pam Damoff, Iqwinder Gaheer, Peter Julian, Dane Lloyd, Glen Motz, Taleeb Noormohamed, Peter Schiefke, Doug Shipley (members of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)   On the eve of International Women’s Day,…

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Submission to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-21, An Act to Amend the Unemployment Insurance Act

August 15, 1989
Appearances and Submissions
Women's Equality Rights

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 that penalty provisions for those who quit without just cause or those who…

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