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Katherine Scott

@kjscott.bsky.social
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Senior Researcher with the @CCPA working on gender equality and public policy research. Opinions are my own. Pronouns (she/her)

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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The fight for pay equity offers many lessons for advancing women’s rights and gender equality. The imperative now is to apply these lessons in service of a more resilient and inclusive labour market and gender-just future. 15/15 bit.ly/4cTpryF
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Dismantling gender pay discrimination in Canada: Current trends and policy responses | CCPA
The gender pay gap has narrowed but remains unacceptably wide, with the average woman earning only 72% of what men earn
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s been 75 years since the ILO resolution 100 on equal pay for work of equal value was adopted, and more than 50 years since it was ratified in Canada. Yet there’s still a long way to go to realize economic justice for women and others fighting for decent wages and good jobs. 14/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The response to the economic challenges facing Canada must take an inclusive approach that builds out essential community infrastructure. And that addresses persistent wage discrimination that holds us all back. 13/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This position reinforces the myth that women’s labour is not essential to the economy, that the care economy—where millions of women work—is not the foundation of a strong and resilient country. Underpaying women drags down the whole economy. 12/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The federal government, for its part, is treading water. It has identified a narrow set of economic priorities that seem to be focused on re-creating the Canadian economy of the 1960s through investment in male-dominated industries and the expansion of the military. 11/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And all gov'ts—including QC, ON and feds with the most developed systems—need to strengthen provisions for accountability, transparency & enforcement, expand access to precarious workers, and use methods that can respond to intersectional gender discrimination. 10/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Another group of jurisdictions—MB, PEI, NS, NB, and NL—need to take immediate action to expand and enhance their existing provisions to cover a broader range of workers in the para-public and private sectors. 9/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is much still to do to strengthen existing legislation and policy, starting with expanding access to best-in-class proactive pay equity in the provinces and territories that do not have any system in place, namely AB, SK, BC and the territories. 8/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Canada was an early leader in introducing pay equity laws. Proactive pay equity regimes now vary substantially among Canadian jurisdictions in the degree to which they have embraced best practices and prioritized pay equity. 7/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Continued progress in closing the gender pay gap is far from assured. Attention must be paid to protecting hard-won gains as well as to finding new opportunities for progress. 6/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Teachers, health professionals & community support workers all experienced negligible wage growth btw 2019-2025 taking inflation account. Indeed, women working in nursing lost ground, their real wages falling by 1.3%. Meanwhile, the incomes of men in senior management and finance have surged. 5/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There has been some progress in recent years as wages rebounded after the pandemic, but the gains have not been enough to close long-standing pay inequities. Women workers remain concentrated in many low-waged sectors like retail and admin support. This chart says it all. 4/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s especially high especially among Indigenous and racialized workers and those with disabilities compared to non-Indigenous, non-racialized, non-disabled male workers, close to 40%. 3/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today, women earn about 87¢ per hour for each dollar men earn. The gap in annual earnings is even larger, with women earning 72¢ on the dollar. That’s a gap of roughly $19,000 per year, a total of $200 billion in lost wages. 2/15
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s Equal Pay Day in Canada coming in the midst of a trade war. Deep divisions in the labour market are set to get worse including the gender pay gap. A report from the CCPA looks at recent trends and the fight for equal pay over the last 75 years. A recap👇 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Dismantling gender pay discrimination in Canada: Current trends and policy responses | CCPA
The gender pay gap has narrowed but remains unacceptably wide, with the average woman earning only 72% of what men earn
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The federal government quickly announced a tariff support package but the measures on offer are half-hearted. In rightly rejecting this ruinous course, workers and communities deserve a fulsome response. New blog. #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Standing up to Trump requires standing up for workers | CCPA
The government’s support package for workers and business will need to be scaled up if we are to successfully build a strong and independent future
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A major new report from @hadrianmk.bsky.social and Rachel Pettigrew on development and uptake of AI in Canada, urging us to “think twice” about the risks and harms associated with AI – and push strongly for effective AI governance that serves the public interest.
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
4,000 OPSEU workers are on strike across Ontario in response to growing workloads, poor working conditions, and low wages. This overwhelmingly female workforce is making less today than it did in 2018. They deserve our support. See: bit.ly/4vE5JO8 @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
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Why are Ontario social and community service workers striking? | CCPA
OPSEU workers are dealing with more work, less funding, and lower wages. So they're fighting back
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Here's my colleague @hadrianmk.bsky.social on the new federal AI strategy - a massive gamble with none of the guardrails and protections needed for Cdn's.
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Out today, I unpack the recent funding announcement from WAGE. This is critical support for the women’s movement but the govt's embrace of austerity speaks volumes about its commitment to gender equality and the scale of the challenge ahead for feminists to build upon hard-won gains. bit.ly/49qSurE
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Gender equality funding in Canada: One step forward, two back | CCPA
A funding reprieve for women’s groups as the government pushes forward with its broader austerity program
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
'Beige is the colour of a former senior Liberal advisor showing up in the replies with the political-economy hand-wave like it is a gift instead of an insult' an absolute (necessarily so) scorcher from @lindsaytedds.bsky.social deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/b...
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Bitch, please
On Tyler Meredith and the beige defence of the conventions that eat us Tyler. I owe you the courtesy of writing this in plain English, because the courtesy you extended to my post on the SEU was a …
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Hadrian @hadrianmk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The federal government has released its long-delayed electricity strategy: natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-sourc...
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Powering Canada Strong: A National Strategy for an Electrified Canadian Economy - Natural Resources Canada
Doubling our electricity systems to deliver clean, reliable power, support growth, and reduce emissions
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
In Ottawa it seems that you need to wear a hardhat to qualify as a nation builder. Child care workers & the millions of women who work in the care economy don’t make the cut. This Mother’s Day, let’s keep fighting for progressive policies that lift up all families. bit.ly/3R1FTET
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No gifts for single mothers in Canada’s Spring Economic Update | CCPA
A third of single mothers are poor and the federal government is failing to act
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The govt's failure to prioritize poverty reduction is compounded by its austerity efforts eroding access to critical public services. It’s hard not to question the government’s commitment to gender equality when the child care program and pharmacare are set to quietly expire in a few years. 5/6
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Mothers looking for relief in the April 28th Spring Economic Update (SEU) were sorely disappointed. While the boost to the GST Credit was welcome, other items like the cut in the excise tax on gas or removal of the HST on new homes does little to help struggling families. 4/6
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Five years later, single mothers (25-54 years) with kids 0-12 yrs have still not recouped their employment losses (down -43,000 between 2019 and 2025). Poverty rates are up 10 percentage points from 2020 when pandemic-era benefit programs dramatically cut rates. 3/6
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The economic lockdown in 2020 wiped out two decades of economic progress at a stroke. Without access to supports such as child care, many were forced out the labour market altogether, reducing their autonomy and entrenching their poverty. 2/6
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
No gifts for single mothers in the recent federal Spring Economic Update. They were hammered during the pandemic and have continued to struggle in this uncertain economy. See my Mother’s Day blog here. 1/6🧵 bit.ly/3R1FTET
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No gifts for single mothers in Canada’s Spring Economic Update | CCPA
A third of single mothers are poor and the federal government is failing to act
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's May Day! Also, as @hadrianmk.bsky.social points out, the Canadian oil industry made another $1.9 billion in profits this week. @policyalternatives.ca
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 28/04/2026
Empowered with a majority government and new resource revenue, the feds are doing more of the same. @policyalternatives.ca take on the Spring economic statement. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Spring economic update wraps up old ideas as new projects | CCPA
Empowered with a majority government and new resource revenue, the feds are doing more of the same
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My colleagues and I share our take on the Spring Economic Update. It offers little relief and no long-term solution to the economic challenges and growing inequality we face. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Spring economic update wraps up old ideas as new projects | CCPA
Empowered with a majority government and new resource revenue, the feds are doing more of the same
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 23/04/2026
Parental leave and primary health care should be a top priority, while implementing a windfalls tax on the oil industry as it profiteers off of the war on Iran @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Three big ideas for Canada's federal fiscal update | CCPA
Parental leave and primary health care should be a priority, plus a windfall tax on the oil industry as it profiteers off of the Iran war
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy International Women's Day. I wanted to share my post from last year. Unfortunately still relevant. As the attacks against women & others intensify, we must must stand together for justice and security for all, as women did more than 100 yrs ago on the 1st IWD. #IWD bit.ly/3OVh0JX
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This International Women’s Day, it’s time to fight - CCPA
The reactionary attacks on women, gender-diverse people, and all marginalized people are accelerating dramatically. It’s up to us to put a stop to it.
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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Care work powers our communities - it deserves respect, protection, and fair pay. ✊ #IWD
3 million plus workers power Canada’s care economy, roughly 19 percent of all Canadian jobs.
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The response to the economic challenges facing Canada can’t be a raft of narrowly focused workforce programs. It must take an inclusive approach that builds out essential community infrastructure. And that addresses persistent gender wage discrimination that holds us all back. bit.ly/4bot6E9
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There’s a long way to go to closing the gender pay gap in Canada - CCPA
On International Women's Day, a reminder of the work that remains to be done
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This position reinforces the myth that women’s labour is not essential to the economy, that the care economy, where millions of women work, is not the foundation of a strong and resilient country. 8/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The federal government, for its part, seems intent on re-creating the Canadian economy of the 1960s through investment in male-dominated industries and the expansion of the military. 7/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The cumulative impact of gender gap is devastating for workers and families. In the US, the gender pay gap costs the avg woman $500M+ in lost earnings over their careers and upwards of $1 million among Black, Hispanic, Native American women. The figures are similar here. 6/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
School teachers, health professionals & community support workers experienced negligible real wage growth between 2019-2025. Women working in nursing lost ground, their real wages falling by 1.3% over 6 years. Meanwhile, the incomes of men in senior management and finance have surged. 5/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
There has been some progress in recent years as wages rebounded after the pandemic, but the gains have not been enough to close long-standing pay inequities. Women workers remain concentrated in many low-waged sectors like retail and admin support. 4/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It’s especially high especially among Indigenous and racialized workers and those with disabilities compared to non-Indigenous, non-racialized, non-disabled male workers, close to 40%. 3/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
On average, women earn about 87¢ per hour for each dollar earned by men. The gender disparity in annual earnings is even more pronounced, with women earning 72¢ on the dollar. That’s a gap of roughly $19,000/yr, a total of $200 billion in lost wages. One of the biggest among peer countries. 2/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This International Women’s Day, many women workers are struggling in low-waged sectors of the economy while those working in public services have watched their wages stagnate. So where are we in closing the wage gap? Here’s an update. 1/9 bit.ly/4bot6E9
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There’s a long way to go to closing the gender pay gap in Canada - CCPA
On International Women's Day, a reminder of the work that remains to be done
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Important read from my colleague, Andrew Longhurst, on Alberta's move to further privatize health care and what it means for the rest of Canada. #cdnpoli
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi... “These sorts of services are the ones you don’t see day-to-day as a Canadian, but it’s the things that underpin the important decision-making that needs to be done” @pipsc-ipfpc.bsky.social
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Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs in 'dark time' for public service, union says
Federal statistics agency entered its workforce adjustment period Monday, sending notices to thousands of employees.
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
“Governments have a critical role to play in service of a more resilient and inclusive labour market and gender-just future—one where occupational segregation and earnings polarization do not limit women’s opportunities and financial security.” bit.ly/3Yz6Pwj
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The widening gap: Gender segregation and job polarization in the post-pandemic labour market - CCPA
The post-pandemic recovery opened the door to better jobs for some female workers but the wages and working conditions of low-waged workers remain unchanged
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The gap between women in high-paying occupations and those in the lowest-paying occupations appears to be growing, the same dynamic evident among male workers as well. 8/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The upshot is that women now make up a larger share of workers in the highest paid occupations & in the lowest-paid occupations. This study provides evidence that the patterns of female employment are not only tracking, but now influencing, the broader trends of polarization. 7/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
And there was little movement in wages among those engaged in low-paid work. In 2024, 34.8 per cent of women worked in low-waged occupations, effectively unchanged from 2019 (35.2 per cent). 6/9
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
At the same time, women in the care economy—teachers, nurses, and community service workers—saw real wage declines, in part due to wage caps and long-standing undervaluation of care work. 5/9
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