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The #MeToo movement and the virtue-signalling of the Trudeau and Wynne governments have at least one goal in common: the elimination of Canada’s gender pay gap. Wynne in particular has passed various pieces of legislation purportedly designed to eliminate it.

Is Canada’s gender pay gap in 2018 still a product of discrimination? If not, should it be redressed, and even eliminated?

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Put another way, if the gap is caused by market forces, not discrimination, would legislation seeking to eliminate it actually be harmful?

A January 2018 Stanford University study on gender and the gig economy, analyzing close to two million Uber drivers, who were selected for rides based on algorithms unrelated to gender, still found a seven per cent gender wage gap. Half of that related to male drivers working longer hours. The other half (and who will be surprised by this?) related to the fact that males, on average, were driving faster, thereby getting to their destinations quicker and being available to pick up their next customer.