On June 16, 2009, Saskatoon-Wanuskawin Conservative Party MP Maurice Vellacott introduced Bill C-422 to the House of Commons. This Bill is the latest incarnation of a series of Bills, Motions and other legal and political maneouvrings that have attempted to eliminate the concepts of custody and access from the federal Divorce Act in favour of a presumption in favour of equal parenting.

Brief to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Our concern over the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act begins with the way it was introduced. By bundling it into the 2009 Budget package, Parliament was unable to evaluate the merits or dangers of the legislation independent of the Budget. Given that the law aims to radically reform existing legislation on pay equity for the federal public service in a manner that is not endorsed by labour unions or women’s groups, this maneuver is particularly alarming.

Presentation on the abolition of the Court Challenges Program to the 39th Parliament,1st Session, Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO). 

Presentation on changes to the Status of Women Canada to the 39th Parliament,1st Session, Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO).

Presentation on human trafficking to the 39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION, Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Transcript from the FEWO web site.

It is NAWL’s position that the prohibition against same-sex marriage is discriminatory and in violation of section 15 of the Charter, and that such discrimination is not justifiable in a free and democratic society.