Karen Selick on the latest example of creeping socialism: Subsidizing motherhood among Ontario lawyers |
| Published: June 2, 2008, 3:37 pm |
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Every politician knows you don't vote against motherhood if you want to be reelected. Now, apparently, even the folks who regulate Ontario's lawyers the so-called benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada have adopted this strategy. Not a single one dared vote against a recent proposal to subsidize motherhood among Ontario lawyers.The program they adopted will allow lawyers who are sole practitioners or partners in very small firms (up to five lawyers) to receive grants of $3,000 per month for three months, gratis, when they take parental leave. Although worded gender-neutrally, the program was one of nine recommendations in a larger package aimed at retaining women lawyers in private practice. Clearly, everyone expects women, not men, to be the main beneficiaries of this wealth redistribution scheme.Currently, the program is projected to cost each lawyer in Ontario between $5 and $15 per year in additional fees payable to the law society. Hardly worth complaining [ Full article ] |
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