
Canada has historically been recognized as a leader in women’s rights, but a report published by Oxfam last week suggests that progress in women’s participation in the Canadian economy has ground to a halt over the last two decades.We’re not closing the wage gap, at least not quickly—women employed full-time have earned about 20 percent less than men for at least the last ten years—and, even if more and more Canadian women are getting university degrees and working fulltime, we’re not breaking the glass ceiling. In fact, we may be nowhere close.
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