Canadian women’s soccer team takes fight for pay equity to Parliament

Members of the Canadian girls’s soccer group take their battle for pay fairness to Parliament at the moment.

Captain Christine Sinclair, Janine Beckie, Sophie Schmidt and Quinn, who goes by one identify, are scheduled to look earlier than the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage this afternoon. The 4 function the ladies’s group participant representatives.

The Canadian girls, like their male counterparts, are embroiled in a bitter labour dispute with Canada Soccer, the game’s governing physique.

The Olympic champion girls need the identical help and backing forward of this summer time’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand as the boys did earlier than their soccer showcase final 12 months in Qatar. Both groups need Canada Soccer to open their books and clarify why their packages are being minimize this 12 months.

The girls, whose present labour deal expired on the finish of 2021, have struck an settlement in precept with Canada Soccer on compensation for 2022 however say different points have but to be resolved.

Canada Soccer officers are as a consequence of seem earlier than the parliamentary committee on March 20.