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The labour peace is in stark contrast to south of the border, where the U.S. women have filed a lawsuit alleging"institutionalized gender discrimination'' that includes unequal pay with their counterparts on the men's national team.
"Previously we had one-year agreements and we just decided to say let's work towards a two-year agreement that takes us past the Olympics — 2019 and 2020. They agreed," said Peter Montopoli, general secretary of the Canadian Soccer Association."And really get this done so that the next two years, the next two summers ...
Montopoli says things like per diem are the same for both the Canadian men and women, unlike in the U.S.
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