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LETTER: Coalition of 125+ B.C. groups call for pay equity legislation

‘We have paid a staggering price for government inaction,’ open letter says
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FILE – Gisele Pageal (left), Human Rights Director of Communications Energy Paperworkers Union of Canada, and Barbara Byers, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress, announce their chocalate lip campaign at a news conference in Ottawa Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 to Members of Parliament regarding pay equity for women. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson

Dear Premier David Eby, Minister Katrine Conroy, Minister Niki Sharma, Minister Harry Bains, Parliamentary Secretary Mable Elmore, Parliamentary Secretary Kelli Paddon, Parliamentary Secretary Janet Routledge,

The provincial government has undertaken the process of developing pay transparency legislation for B.C. We the undersigned organizations and individuals urge you not only to ensure that legislation is robust and effective, but more importantly to also enact intersectional pay equity legislation well before the next election.

We

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