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.”

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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 leave and eight weeks of

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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

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