February 21 Update: Air Canada introducing Economy Basic fares, Cobalt multipliers updated and a new look for WestJet coming next week? + MORE Feb 21st

(Photograph by Micah Bond and Marta Iwanek/Maclean’s)
The two people pictured above had the exact same job and level of experience. Both were a year into working as operations specialists at the same tech startup in Toronto. As part of the company’s reorganization, the young woman was soon promoted to a supervisor role. Despite the promotion, she discovered she was making up to $35,000 less than her coworkers, like the one pictured beside her.
No matter how you break down the data on the gender wage gap, women still earn less than men in Canada. In fact, according to Statistics Canada, full-time working women earn 26 percent less than full-time working men. In a recent series of articles, our friends at Maclean’s dove into the pay gap and found that the numbers—which are frustrating as eff—stem from systematic issues, such as the higher percentage of women working part-time as well as the inherent bias of some employers.
So what does this actually mean for you? How can you find out if you’re being paid fairly—or if, in fact, your income has been impacted by the gender pay gap? And if you do discover that you’re being paid less than your male colleagues, what can you do about it?
Unfortunately, there are no simple answers so we turned to the experts to help us figure out how to ensure that we’re making what we’re worth…

With new card offers’ interest rates at an all-time high, you may still be able to find offers that shave a few percentage points.

Air Canada is introducing Economy Basic fares for their flights within Canada. We’ve seen this trend in the U.S. with major U.S. airlines starting basic economy fares to compete with Ultra Low Cost Carriers and this is pretty much evident here with this latest move from AC. These are bare bones fares where you have to pay more fees for extras, get absolutely no refunds, don’t earn Aeroplan miles etc. This can be seen as a preemptive move against airlines like Flair Airlines, WestJet’s Swoop and the upcoming Canada Jetlines. Find out more about Economy Basic fares here. A week from today there is going to be an announcement from WestJet. All signs are pointing towards a livery update and possibly even more of a refresh. When we flew WestJet earlier in the week there were no menus in the seat pockets and the flight attendant mentioned they were going through a revamp – even though they just did a few months ago when they switched to offering Chopped Leaf items. Based on various forums and posts, the guess is that the new livery will be introduced on the Boeing 787 aircraft…

Feb. 21, 2018: Interest rates on new credit card offers didn’t budge this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.