Pandemic Threatens Decades of Women’s Labour Force Gains

July 23, 2020 | Jason Fields & Curtis Grainger


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Canada has been roiled by a recession unlike any other – one distinguished not just by the overall magnitude of damage it has inflicted on the economy but by the specific, unprecedented blow it has dealt to women. In a matter of months, the COVID 19 pandemic knocked women’s participation in the labour force down from a historic high to its lowest level in over 30 years.  To find out more about the impact of women in the labor force please have a look at this article.