An Ottawa midwife is welcoming this week's Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision on pay equity as "validating" for her profession, but it could still be some time before midwives see the kind of salary increase they're looking for. On Monday, the tribunal ruled in an interim decision that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has discriminated against midwives since 2005. "It's significant for myself as a midwife, for all midwives in Ontario," Liz Fraser, an Ottawa midwife who sits on the board of the Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM) told CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning. - Liz Fraser, Ottawa midwifeA key sticking point has been what the AOM sees as gender discrimination, Fraser said. "When we think about midwifery work, we're thinking about what would have historically been called women's work, work that would have been done by women, usually for free throughout most of history as part of our social role," she said.

Source: CBC News September 26, 2018 18:11 UTC