C4-Wednesday, October 15, 1980 - North Shore News.

AXWORTHY CRITICAL OF CHAMBER RECOMMENDATIONS

Maternity benefits protected

OTTAWA (UPC) - Minister
responsible for the Status of
Women Lloyd Axworthy
Tuesday criticized a recom-
. mendation by the Canadian
Chamber of Commerce that
maternity benefits be
removed from the Unem-
ployment Insurance Plan.
The Chamber,
representing businessmen
from across the country, also
opposed equal pension rights
for men and women at its
annual meeting in Quebec
City.

“Economic independence
for women has been ac-
cepted as a basic principle
for federal government
action,” Axworthy said.

“It follows logically that
there must be economic
support for women who
work and who have children.
It's too easily forgotten that
among families where both
spouses work, 51 per cent
more families would fall
below the poverty line if the
wives stayed home.”

Canada is already behind

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By LOIS LIGHT

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and beats housecleaning or
polishing the car all to bits.
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many other western indus-
tnahzed countries in pro-
viding maternity benefits,
Axworthy said, responding

to the policy adopted
by the Chamber.
“For example, France

provides 14 weeks at 90 per
cent salary and parental
leave for up to two years.
Great Britain, Germany,
Italy and Sweden have
Similar provisions.”

Women are now entitled
to eight months of maternity
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(That 10-week course has it’s
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You can do a lot of learning
during this Saturday; and all
for $16 (plus lunch, my
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come back to it next week),
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Any program aimed at
providing pension rights
which discriminate against
women would run counter to
the equality principles of the
government, Axworthy said.

Unless = discriminatory
clauses in pension plans are
eliminated, the _ often
“desperate” situation of
older women will prevail, he
said. Recent federal studies
have shown that one out of
three Canadian women will

hardly help but find useful.
This will be at Sutherland,
from 7:30 to 9:30.

Another frebie is the
lecture-discussion on
‘Allergies’ to be given at
Carson Graham on Satur-
day, Nov. 15 from 9 to noon.
If allergies are your cross or
that of your children, do
plan to come.

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