Stay out of boardroom
Re: Trudeau’s feminist principles to be tested. John Ivison, Feb. 1 Prime Minister Trudeau’s feminist agenda seems to be grossly misplaced as he focuses on legislating gender equality in Canada’s corporate boardrooms.
Having more women on corporate boards does not trickle down to improve the lot of working- class women. It simply assures the notion that “high worth” women get to share in the top one per cent of corporate salaries.
Meanwhile, women in the workplace struggle to eke out a living wage. Keith Knight, Guelph Ont.
I thank the National Post for bringing to light the national disaster which will face our country if Bill C-25 is passed. The article raised in me a sense of increasing dread and déjà vu. My European family lived through several dictatorships in the last century. It was through the generosity of the Canadian government and the sponsorship of a South Vancouver German church that my penniless family arrived in 1951 when I was 10. With a strong Western European work ethic, we gradually began to prosper. Government was not nearly as overbearing as it is now. Hard work was rewarded.
Fast forward to 2018. It does not seem to satisfy the Liberals that their policies are becoming increasingly intrusive in our lives. We must live with punitive taxation at multiple l ev- els, exorbitant living costs, excessive environmental adventurism, subsidies for companies of Liberal choosing and another reiteration of the National Energy program ( read no market for our oil, bankrupting Western Provinces). Now Justin Trudeau has come up with a doozy calling for control of our corporations. As Mr. Ivison rightly points out, ” ... it is simply not the role of government to dictate who should be running the nation’s business.”
To me, this is j ust another nail in the coffin to get companies to relocate to Canada. I am a retired 77 year old who depends very heavily on what is left of my RRIF. To hear that Trudeau wants companies to hire people according his misguided agenda, is nothing but discouraging. Perhaps Trudeau is still enamoured with the Chinese government business model. I want the few companies in which I have invested in Canada to have the best people on board, regardless of gender, ethnicity, views on climate change or religion. I expect companies which can choose between the U. S. or Canada to head south. I note that most university faculties now have at least 60 per cent of students who are female. Both my daughters have university degrees and are doing well. The ladies in future graduating classes are going to be just fine and don’t need more help f rom government. It is my male grandchildren about whom I am worried now. This is not a good time to be a man in Canada. Bill C- 25 must be scrapped. Harry Senges, Vancouver