Québec - Appendices

Appendix 1: Documents Filed with the Committee

Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux. Les agressions sexuelles : STOP. Rapport du groupe de travail sur les agressions à caractère sexuel. Québec, 1995, 187 pp.

Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux. Plan d'action 1997-2000 : Santé, bien-être et conditions de vie des femmes. Québec, 1997, 117 pp.

Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Ministère de la Justice, Ministère de la Sécurité publique, Ministère de l'Éducation, Secrétariat à la Famille et Secrétariat à la condition féminine. Prévenir, dépister et contrer la violence conjugale -- Engagements des ministères et de leurs réseaux. Québec, 1995, 26 pp.

Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Secrétariat à la condition féminine, Ministère de l'Éducation et Ministère de la Justice. Prévenir, dépister et contrer la violence conjugale -- Politique d'intervention en matière de violence conjugale. Québec, 1995, 77 pp.

Secrétariat à la condition féminine. Condition féminine et droits. Sommaire des principales lois Québécoises ayant une incidence sur les conditions de vie des femmes. Québec, décembre 1998, 190 pp.

Secrétariat à la condition féminine. La place des femmes dans le développement des régions, 5^eorientation. Québec, mai 1997, 67 pp.

Secrétariat à la condition féminine. Program d'action 1997-2000 pour toutes les Québécoises. Québec, mai 1997, 138 pp.

Appendix 2: Women in Positions of Power

Municipal Level

W/T = Women versus total number.

Source: Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of Québec, 1998.

Provincial Level

W/T = Women versus total number.

Source: National Assembly.

Regional Decision-Making Bodies

Sources: Department of Regions, Department of Health and Social Services.

Appendix 3: Senior Public Employees Breakdown of Québec's Senior Public Service,* by Employment Category and Sex, April 1, 1994-March 31, 1998

*Includes only those in executive positions appointed by government prerogative in government departments and agencies.

Source: Executive Appointment Secretariat, Executive Council Office, Government of Québec.

Appendix 4: Women on the Bench

Women on the Bench

Source: Québec Department of Justice, June 1999.

Appendix 5: Diplomas of College Studies

Percent of Technical DECs (Diplomas of College Studies) Issued to Women by Public and Private Colleges, by Program, 1994-96

Source: Department of Education. Système de la sanction des études au collégial (SSEC 1998-03-12).

Appendix 6: University Degrees

Percent of Bachelor Degrees Held by Women, by Field of Study, 1992-96

Source: Department of Education. Système de recensement des clientèles universitaires (RECU 1998-05-01).

N.B.: Does not include degrees conferred by the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.

Appendix 7: Single-Parent Families

Changes in the Number of Single-Parent Families in Québec

Source: Statistics Canada, 1991 and 1996 Censuses, The Nation Series tables.

Appendix 8: Legal Actions Involving Sexual Harassment

• CDP v. Ville de Montréal et Marcel Bastien, T.D.P.Q., N^o 500-53-000003-495, December 14, 1994 (Simon Brossard J.). The complainant alleged sexual harassment by her foreman culminating in an incident in which he had forced her to masturbate him. The complainant claimed $15,000 for pain and suffering and $4,000 in material damages. The complaint was dismissed with costs by the Tribunal.
  
  
• CDP v. Jacques Lemay, T.D.P.Q., N^o 615-53-000002-943, N^o 615-53-000003-941, N^o 615-53-000004-949, June 12, 1995 (Michael Sheehan J.). Three complainants alleged they had been sexually harassed by the general manager of the supermarket where they worked. The complaints were allowed with costs. Amounts of $2,000, $3,000 and $6,000, respectively, were awarded for pain and suffering.
  
  
• CDPDJ v. Réginald Trudel, T.D.P.Q., N^o 700-53-000001-960, September 27, 1996 (Simon Brossard J.). The complainant claimed she had been sexually harassed by her employer, and in particular that he had made offensive remarks. As the complainant failed to testify at the trial, the complaint was dismissed with costs.
  
  
• CDPDJ v. John Zervakis, faisant affaires sous la raison sociale « VITO SUBMARINE » et Joannis Chustoulakis faisant affaires sous la raison sociale

« VITO SUBMARINE » et Maurice Loyer, T.D.P.Q., N^o 755-53-000001-964, June 6, 1997 (Simon Brossard J.). The Commission had entered a complaint of harassment in the workplace. The Tribunal dismissed the complaint with costs on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

• CDPDJ v. Coiffures Woncor inc. faisant affaires sous la raison sociale de « Salon de coiffure Magicut » et Serge Therrien, T.D.P.Q., N^o 500-53-000082-872, March 9, 1998 (Simon Brossard J.). The complainant alleged that she had been sexually harassed in her job as hairdresser. The Commission was unable to prove the offensive nature of the actions of the defendant, and the complaint was dismissed with costs.
  
  
  
• CDPDJ v. 2849-5224 Québec inc. faisant affaires sous la raison sociale de Restaurant Delicatessen chez Alexandra enr. et Georges Koutrouvideas, T.D.P.Q., N^o 600-53-000004-974, N^o 600-53-000003-976, March 23, 1998 (Michael Sheehan J.). The complainants alleged they had been sexually harassed at work, and that this harassment took the form of repeated remarks and gestures of a sexual nature. The complaints were allowed with costs. Amounts of $3,000 and $2,000 for pain and suffering, and of $1,500 and $1,000 in material damages, respectively, were awarded to the complainants.

Legal Actions Involving Discrimination Based on Pregnancy

• CDP v. Lingerie Roxana ltée, T.D.P.Q., N^o 500-53-000005-940, February 23, 1995 (Michèle Rivet J.). Dismissal of a pregnant industrial sewing machine operator. The case was stated ex parte because the defendant declined to appear. The Tribunal allowed the complaint with costs and granted the complainant a sum of $3,500 in material damages and $5,000 for pain and suffering.
  
  
• CDP v. La Commission scolaire de Jean-Rivard, T.D.P.Q., N^o253-53-000001-942, June 20, 1995 (Michèle Rivet J.). The complainant, a teacher, was refused a contract for religious instruction at the Secondary 1 level because she was pregnant. The complaint was allowed with costs, and $25,589 in material damages and $5,000 for pain and suffering were awarded to the complainant.
  
  
• CDP v. Les Systèmes internationaux de fret Dillon Reid inc. et Joseph Courdi, T.D.P.Q., N^o 550-53-000016-954, April 12, 1996 (Michèle Rivet J.). The complainant had been dismissed by her employer after returning from maternity leave. The claim for damages was dismissed with costs.
  
  
• CDPDJ v. Ville de Montréal et Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, T.D.P.Q., N^o 500-53-000070-977, N^o 500-53-000071-975, November 21, 1997 (Michael Sheehan J). The City of Montreal discriminated on the ground of pregnancy by not crediting the employees concerned with seniority accumulated during maternity leave, even during the probationary period. The complaints were allowed with costs. One complainant received $2,934.67 in material damages and a retroactive seniority date; the other received a retroactive seniority date only.
  
  
• CDPDJ v. Ville de Montréal, T.D.P.Q., N^o 500-53-000084-978, March 20, 1998 (Simon Brossard J.). Complaint of discrimination in working conditions because of pregnancy. The Tribunal allowed the complaint, sentenced the City of Montreal to pay $7,500 to the complainant, and ordered the city to cease all future discrimination against pregnant employees and include seniority accumulated during absences due to pregnancy-related health problems in seniority calculations.

Legal Actions Involving Sexual Discrimination

• CDP v. Centre d'accueil Villa Plaisance, T.D.P.Q., N^o 115-53-000001-946, December 12, 1998 (Michèle Rivet J.). A policy involving gender requirements for reception centre attendants in a seniors' home was deemed to be discriminatory, as the employer failed to prove, in accordance with the criteria of rationality and proportionality set forth in the Brossard judgment, that the policy had any rational relationship with the goal in question or that it was proportional to that goal. In other words, the policy was deemed unnecessary to meet the needs of centre residents. The complaint was allowed in part, with costs.

Legal Actions Involving Sexual Harassment and Sexual Discrimination

• CDP v. D^r Yvan Johnson et Clinique dentaire Yvan Johnson Inc., T.D.P.Q., N^o705-53-000004-948, April 18, 1995 (Michael Sheehan J.). A dental assistant had been subjected to humiliating and insulting behaviour by her employer, as well as remarks that were sexual in nature. The Tribunal concluded that she had been the victim of sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. The complaint was allowed with costs, i.e., $2,600 in material damages, and $5,000 for pain and suffering.

Legal Actions Involving Harassment and Discrimination Based on Sex, Age and Social Condition

• CDPDJ v. D^r Favid O'Hashi, T.D.P.Q., N^o 500-53-000026-953, September 25, 1996 (Michael Sheehan J.). An action for damages against a physician for aggressive behaviour involving discriminatory harassment based on sex, age and social condition toward a nurse. This was not a case of sexual harassment, but one of aggressive behaviour. The complaint was dismissed without costs.
  
  
• CDPDJ v. 2641-0431 Québec inc., faisant également affaires sous les noms André Gosselin Bois de foyer et Transport André Gosselin, T.D.P.Q., N^o 505-53-000004-967, N^o 505-53-000005-964, March 10, 1997 (Michael Sheehan J.). The two complainants accused the female manager of a small polling firm employing four or five people of harassment (a charge usually leveled at men). The complaints were dismissed with costs.