Women
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Wanted: skilled workers, shortage hampers business competitiveness
CME survey shows 85% of companies are having trouble filling job vacancies.
We need more women in skilled trades
Looming shortage of apprentices means lost profits and paycheques for Ontarians
The skills shortage and jobs for women
How do we get more ladies and others interested in manufacturing?
Barriers remain for women in engineering
30 years after ecole Polytechnique shooting Canada still lags other industrialized countries in the proportion of women enrolled in undergraduate engineering programs.
Gender wage gap narrows to 13.3%, women earn $4.13/hour less
Statistics Canada says changes in distribution of men and women in occupations was key to the smaller wage gap.
Proportion of women on boards up slightly to 17%: CSA report
Women were better represented on boards of larger companies.
‘Back to zero’: Canada’s premiers gather in Saskatoon, but none are women
Last time Canada was without any woman as premier was between November 2002 and November 2008.
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Hatred of women creeping into public debate: Trudeau
Says interest groups trying to roll back women’s rights, politicians are giving into the public pressure.
19.4% of board directors are female, all company types: Statistics Canada
Manufacturing and construction sectors had the lowest shares, at 14.4% and 12.8%.
France to focus on gender equality at G7 summit
Plans a much narrower focus than Canada’s, hoping to make clear and concrete improvements in women’s lives.
Women-owned businesses generate $68,000 less revenue than men’s: survey
Lack of access to capital is one of the biggest challenges for women entrepreneurs.
Corporate climb: Stalled progress for women in Canadian C suites
Top-earning women still paid less than men, numbers in top roles have shrunk compared to five years ago.
G7 gender council calling for pay equity, more funding for reproductive health
60 recommendations covering women’s safety, financial empowerment; and their participation in decisions made on climate actions.
Business group calls for lower tax rate for women-controlled companies
Similar to the lower rates offered to private Canadian-controlled corporations.
Trade missions for women, Indigenous, LGBTQs in 2018: minister
Idea is to promote the interests of those who have been ignored in the past.
