Suchergebnisse

This project examines the policy process surrounding
Canada's latest reforms of its financial–services industry
legislation. The banks lobbied for a broadening of their eligible
activities to mirror those of the multi–function banks in Europe
and the United States and for mergers to permit them to compete with
those banks on an equal footing. The government denied the
institutions' requests and the pressure for action was deflected to
a task force. My analysis of the policy change process is informed by
the public choice paradigm and portrays the activities in the policy
"black box."

l'étude sur laquelle cet article se fonde explore les aboutissements des demandes d'carindemnités pour congédiement injustifié déposées par des hommes et des femmes contre leur ancien employeur. Elle révèle l'existence au sein du système juridique d'carun préjugé en faveur des hommes même si un traitement égal des deux sexes devant la loi est devenu un principe constitutionnel il y a 20 ans. l'analyse suggère que trois facteurs primaires, soit l'âge de l'employé(e), son ancienneté et le poste occupé au moment du congédiement, sont utilisés dans la détermination des jugements en dommages‐intérêts, et que les cours tendent à accorder de plus importantes indemnités aux hommes.The study on which this paper is based explored the outcomes of wrongful dismissal claims brought by men and women against their former employers. It revealed that a bias favouring men exists within the legal system, even though equal treatment of men and women under the law became a constitutional principle twenty years ago. Analysis suggests that three primary factors–the age of the employee, his or her job tenure, and the occupation held at the time of dismissal–are used to determine damage awards, and that courts tend to award the highest levels of compensation to men.