Solicitor-General Sylvia Jones defends selection, says experience was deciding factor
Ontario Community Safety Minister Sylvia Jones speaks to members of the media at Queen's Park in Toronto on March 7, 2019.The Ontario government has appointed an all-male panel to probe workplace culture at the provincial police force, raising questions about whether the review will adequately address gender discrimination and harassment issues facing female employees.
“We wanted that expertise and unfortunately in this particular panel … we couldn’t put in a female at this time,” she said. “We have to be fiscally responsible. And frankly, a lot of these stories, I’m not sure that people would want to share in a very public forum," she said. “If the issues of systemic gender discrimination are left out of the review, unfortunately, the panel will become another example of the lack of insight by the OPP about our work and the conditions of our work where women are viewed as second class,” OPP human-resources manager Lee-Anne McFarlane said in an e-mail statement on behalf of CAMS.
Both the NDP and Liberals said the Progressive Conservative government missed an opportunity to represent women. “Their voices and their perspectives should be part of that panel,” NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said.
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