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      baby
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      and
      re-
     
     
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      witha
      complex
      system
      of
      benefits
      which
     
     
      ll
      give
      some
      lower-income
      families
      with
      one
      work-
     
     
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      parent
      a
      few
      more
      hundred
      dollars
      per
      year.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      it
      families
      on
      social
      assistance,
      most
      of
      whom
      are
     
     
      ‘single
      mothers,
      will
      get
      the
      same
      amount
      of
      ben-
     
     
      efits
      they
      now
      get.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “The
      only
      positive
      news
      for
      women
      in
      the
      budget,
      the
     
     
      increased
      tax
      benefit
      for
      low
      income
      women,
      is
      coun-
     
     
      tered
      by
      the
      death
      of
      family
      allowance,’’
      said
      Judy
     
    

    
     
      ge,
      spokesperson
      for
      the
      NAC.
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
          
     
     
          
     
     
          
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      latest
      of
      several
      Tory
      attacks
      against
      womenisa
     
    

    
     
      nto
      scrap
      an
      immigration
      program,
      which
      allows
     
    

    
     
      estic
      workers
      to
      apply
      for
      landed
      immigrant
     
    

    
     
      us
      after
      two
      years.
      The
      status
      ensures
      that
      do-
     
    

    
     
      mestic
      workers
      --
      who
      are
      mostly
      women
      from
      Third
     
     
      ‘orld
      countries
      --
      are
      not
      forced
      to
      work
      with
      tempo-
     
    

    
     
      visas
      and
      therefore
      more
      vulnerable
      to
      employ-
     
    

    
     
      s’
      exploitation
      and
      abuse.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      for
      the
      federal
      government’s
      constitutional
      pro-
     
     
      J0sal
      calling
      for
      the
      distribution
      of
      power
      to
      the
     
     
      vinces
      and
      the
      creation
      of
      an
      economic
      union,
     
     
      men’s
      groups
      fear
      that
      this
      could
      allow
      both
      the
     
     
      provincial
      and
      federal
      governments
      to
      phase
      out
     
     
      legislation
      ensuring
      sexual
      or
      social
      equality
      and
      the
     
     
      right
      to
      eliminate
      minimum
      wage
      and
      rent
      control
     
     
      laws.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nd
      although
      it
      is
      impossible
      to
      compile
      the
      number
     
     
      {jobs
      women
      lost
      through
      the
      combined
      effects
      of
     
     
      the
      free
      trade
      deal
      and
      the
      recession,
      women’s
      groups
     
     
      aid
      the
      government
      has
      turned
      a
      blind
      eye
      to
      assess-
     
     
      Ng
      how
      these
      policies
      specifically
      affect
      women.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “*There’s
      no
      proof
      that
      a
      few
      officials
      got
      together
     
     
      and
      decided
      let’s
      get
      rid
      of
      women
      for
      the
      work
      force.
     
     
      but
      that
      doesn’t
      make
      the
      government
      any
      less
      respon-
     
     
      sible
      for
      not
      taking
      into
      account
      changes
      in
      the
     
     
      economy
      and
      technical
      restructuring
      in
      the
      work
     
     
      force,’’
      said
      Ritchie.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      However,
      government
      officials
      did
      recently
      get
      to-
     
     
      gether
      and
      decided
      to
      limit
      retroactive
      pay
      equity
     
     
      payments
      for
      women
      working
      in
      the
      public
      sector.
     
     
      The
      Canadian
      Human
      Rights
      Commission
      has
      vowed
     
     
      to
      pursue
      the
      pay
      equity
      complaints,
      which
      date
      back
     
     
      to
      1979
      and
      amount
      to
      $1
      billion.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Union
      officials
      have
      said
      that
      the
      recession,
      free
     
     
      trade,
      and
      the
      structural
      and
      technical
      changes
      in
      the
     
     
      economy,
      do
      affect
      women
      differently
      than
      they
      do
     
     
      men.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      **Women
      who
      are
      dumped
      out
      of
      the
      manufacturing
     
     
      industry
      generally
      land
      in
      pick
      ghetto
      clerical
      work
      or
     
     
      have
      to
      find
      part-time
      work,’’
      said
      Alice
      de
      Wolfe
      of
     
     
      the
      NAC.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      So
      far,
      the
      Conservative
      government’s
      approach
      to
     
     
      women’s
      issues
      has
      been
      to
      set
      up
      token
      committees
     
     
      and
      commissions.
      For
      example,
      the
      National
      Com-
     
     
      mission
      on
      Violence
      against
      Women,
      which
      was
     
     
      struck
      up
      last
      summer,
      is
      overshadowed
      by
      other
     
     
      commissions
      such
      as
      the
      $25-million
      Keith
      Spicer
     
     
      Commission,
      a
      Tory
      public
      relations
      road
      show.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘*It’s
      really
      insulting
      that
      they
      gave
      the
      Commission
     
    

    
     
      so
      little
      money
      and
      attention
      for
      an
      issue
      that
      affects
     
     
      all
      women,
      ‘‘
      said
      Julie
      Bessette
      for
      Quebec’s
      Centre
     
     
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