13-03-2022, 01:16 PM
"Once Governor General Cath Tizard had opened Parliament & the new members were sworn in, work was underway.
To our horror, the new Govt's first act was to rescind the Pay Equity Act, & even worse, the minister who led the debate in her capacity as Minister of Women's Affairs was Jenny Shipley. When I thought of the struggle that women had been engaged in since the turn of the century, & how strenously Helen Clark had battled in Cabinet & in the House to have the legislation introduced & to steer it through, I was sickened. I didn't accept Jenny Shipley's contention that there were other & more effective ways of ahcieving pay equity.
We'd tried all those & they hadn't worked."
Marching on, Sonja Davies, published 1997
To our horror, the new Govt's first act was to rescind the Pay Equity Act, & even worse, the minister who led the debate in her capacity as Minister of Women's Affairs was Jenny Shipley. When I thought of the struggle that women had been engaged in since the turn of the century, & how strenously Helen Clark had battled in Cabinet & in the House to have the legislation introduced & to steer it through, I was sickened. I didn't accept Jenny Shipley's contention that there were other & more effective ways of ahcieving pay equity.
We'd tried all those & they hadn't worked."
Marching on, Sonja Davies, published 1997
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)