The official said the speech also will discuss the role of the Bank of Canada in keeping the economy stable, and the government's plans to manage debt and increase competitiveness and productivity in the medium term. An official speaking on background said the changes to the Workers Benefit could increase annual payments by up to $2,400 for low-income workers. Those measures include increases to the Canada Child Benefit, Old Age Security, the Canada Housing Benefit and the Canada Workers Benefit. In briefĭeputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver her first major speech since the budget today to outline the programs her government has introduced to deal with rising inflation. "The deputy prime minister's address will focus on the global challenge of inflation and the real, tangible steps that the federal government is taking to make life more affordable for Canadians," Freeland's press secretary Adrienne Vaupshas said in an email. Freeland is expected to use her speech to the Empire Club in Toronto to deliver her assessment of the state of the economy and explain how she sees the measures introduced by her government helping Canadians make ends meet. Compher, left, celebrates after an overtime goal by teammate Andre Burakovsky in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup final on Wednesday in Denver. Colorado Avalanche take Stanley Cup final opener in OTĬolorado Avalanche left wing J.T. Irene Cybulsky, the former head of cardiac surgery at Hamilton Health Sciences, won a gender discrimination case against the hospital network after the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found that gender bias had played a role in her ousting from that post.Īccording to a Canadian Medical Association survey of female physicians and medical students at the 2020 Canadian Women in Medicine Conference, 77 per cent of respondents said they had experienced gender inequity in their training or practice setting. Any form of harassment or violence is not tolerated." In an email to The Current, AHS said it cannot comment on specific complaints due to privacy concerns, but said it is "committed to creating safe and secure workplaces for all physicians, staff, patients and families. So this human rights complaint, Kieser said, is to "shed light on the conscious and unconscious bias toward women in the workplace." "You're so happy to be doing what you're doing, and you make it this far." Because as a woman in a male-dominated field, you don't want to rock the boat," she said.
"This has gone on for a long time, and … I just it and took the high road.
She claimed she faced a lack of respect and complaints about her operating speed - all because of her gender. Last month, Kieser filed a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission against her employer, Alberta Health Services (AHS). "I just thought, 'I cannot just fade into the sunset having gone through all this, without bringing the light of day onto it,'" she told The Current's Matt Galloway. She's been recognized globally for her work and had several medical and research papers published.īut as her career nears its end, Kieser wants Canadians to think about a different part of her journey: the gender-based discrimination she alleges she faced during her 34 years in the position. Teresa Kieser has served patients at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary as Alberta's only female cardiovascular surgeon. What a human rights complaint by Alberta's only female cardiovascular surgeon says about sexism in surgeryįor more than three decades, Dr. Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every morning.
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