CEDAW/C/CAN/CO/8-9 39. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take all necessary measures to narrow the wage gap, including by repealing the PSECA and by adopting legislation in the federal as well as in all provincial and territorial jurisdictions on the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, and by increasing the minimum wage which many women disproportionately receive; (b) Adopt effective measures, including skills training and incentives for women to work in non-traditional professions, and temporary special measures to achieve substantive equality of women and men in the labour market and eliminate occupational segregation, both horizontal and vertical, in the public and private sectors, and adopt quotas to enhance the representation of women in managerial positions in companies; (c) Create more opportunities for women to gain access to full-time employment, including by adopting a rights-based national childcare framework in order to provide sufficient and adequate childcare facilities, and strengthen incentives for men to exercise their right to parental leave; (d) Develop a confidential and safe system for filing complaints related to sexual harassment in the workplace, and ensure that victims have access to effective mechanisms and remedies; (e) Take into account the needs of disadvantaged groups of women, especially indigenous, Afro-Canadian, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women, as well as women with disabilities, and consider the use of targeted measures, including temporary special measures, to create further employment opportunities for women belonging to such groups; (f) Discontinue the use of closed work permits in the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, thereby enabling women migrant domestic workers to freely change employers and improving their working and living conditions and reducing the risk of abuse; ensure that women migrant domestic workers who are victims of rights violations have effective access to justice, including legal aid; and take steps to facilitate access to permanent residency permits for women migrant domestic workers; (g) workers. Ratify ILO Convention No. 189 (2011) on decent work for domestic Health 40. The Committee notes the measures taken to facilitate access to legal abortion services. It remains concerned, however, at disparities in access to such services and to affordable contraceptives. 41. In line with its general recommendation No. 24 (1999) on women and health, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure access to legal abortion services in all provinces and territories; (b) Ensure that invocation of conscientious objection by physicians does not impede women’s access to legal abortion services; (c) Make affordable contraceptives accessible and available to all women and girls, in particular those living in poverty and/or in remote areas. 42. The Committee welcomes that the State party intends to review the use and application of criminal norms to certain HIV/AIDS issues. This review will include the concerning application of harsh criminal sanctions (aggravated sexual assault) to women 13