e-4904 (Employment and labour)
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Canadian women assume the vast majority of family responsibilities and make up the majority of single-parent families;
- Canadian women already face a job market where they are at a disadvantage in terms of salary, type of employment and promotion opportunities;
- Canadian women take almost all the weeks of parental benefits following the birth of a child; under the current provisions of the Employment Insurance Act, Canadian women who lose their jobs while on maternity leave, or too soon afterwards, are denied Employment Insurance regular benefits;
- This situation affects some 3,000 women a year, pushing them into vulnerable situations, poverty and economic dependence.
- Open for signature
- March 27, 2024, at 2:40 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 25, 2024, at 2:40 p.m. (EDT)