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Cost of caring : Coût de la prestation de soins: rapport de consultation dur la discrimination fondée sur l'état familial

25 Apr 2006

Workplaces have been slow to adapt to the changing realities of the family, and this, together with the intensification of work and the shift to contingent, part-time and temporary work, has created significant stress in the relationship between families and the workplace. [...] The Court ruled that the provisions of the Vital Statistics Act preventing such inclusion violated section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms with respect to sex and sexual orientation, and gave the legislature 12 months to remedy the constitutional defects.23 One Roundtable participant referred to these types of issues as “denial of family status”. [...] During the Roundtables, a number of consultees told the Commission that most of the issues related to family status are exacerbated for persons from Northern Ontario, because of the lower level of services and employment in the North. [...] The Cost of Caring 20 Caregiving and Interdependency Legislation protecting familial relationships may be based in part on the recognition of the value of close personal relationships, and the desire to support relationships in which care is provided.37 Care is labour that is essential to the smooth functioning of society, and family has long been understood in terms of caregiving relationships. [...] As the Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being (CFWW) points out, Attention to the level of service available in the community is critical, as this is a large part of the context that frames the experiences of workers and families in Ontario.
health human rights gender education politics child care psychology discrimination caregivers childcare culture disability employment eviction family labour persons with disabilities child family policy affordable housing job society sexual orientation elderly care caregiver eldercare landlord
ISBN
9781424942817
Pages
77
Published in
Canada

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