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14[63] The Federal Court initiated a Status Review of the implementation of the Brown decisionin November 1998, which ultimately led to the dismissal of the judicial review application. Anexhibited Treasury Board Secretariat letter dated October 5, 1999 to CHRC speaks to working inconsultation with the CHRC to implement Brown, and giving the history of the matter. The letternoted that other implementation matters had been settled, but not the part of the Order calling forthe Respondent to develop a policy of accommodation reflecting the decision.2000[64] The CCRA Labour Relations Division organized and hosted an Employment EquityStrategic Session on December 8, 2000. As part of the agenda, the participants considered anexhibited document drafted by this Division’s personnel entitled “Draft – Introduction to theStrategic Direction of Employment Equity for the CCRA” that bore a date mark of 2000-11-02.Revealing that there was at that time an internal recognition of the disproportionate burden onwomen workers for childcare and related family responsibilities, at pages 5 and 6 of thisdocument the following was stated:2010 CHRT 20 (CanLII)a) “Women balancing work and family life is an issue that affects many womenworking in the federal public service and within the CCRA. Generally womenstill continue to play a greater role in bearing the responsibility for childcare,eldercare and home maintenance. This issue can be compounded by acorporate culture that does not recognize this, [Tribunal’s emphasis], which inturn can have adverse affects on the distribution of women within the organization.In a study produced by the Conference Board of Canada, when asked what theimpact of work-life conflicts was, 32% of respondents (54% female 46% male)indicated they have turned down or chosen not to apply for a promotion. Fourteenpercent have left a job because of the work-life conflict while 24% have turneddown or chose not to apply for a transfer because of it.b) Women have been traditionally marginalized in the labour market…This trend isalso seen in the CCRA where women dominate the Clerical Group withrepresentation rates above 80% a full 10% above the Labour Market Availability.Under-representation for women in CCRA occurs in the Professional Group andthe ‘Program Administration and Senior Clerical Group’… Surprisingly, womenare graduating from university programs at a rate of 58% in comparison to men.This ratio is consistent in the social science area and in the arts and science areaswomen are graduating at a rate of 67% in comparison to men.