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National maternity strategy needed for industry women, stresses the Building Trades
The federal government needs to take necessary steps to develop a national maternity assistance program strategy to remove barriers for women and level the playing field in the trades, the Canadian operating officer of Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) recently told a senate committee on social affairs, science and technology.