Canada’s public service needs updated visible minority hiring targets
Looking at the representation of South Asian Canadians in the federal public service 78 years after the end of British colonization of India.
Carney becomes second sitting prime minister in Canadian history to march at Pride
While Mark Carney’s presence is a ‘powerful symbol,’ work is still needed to address rising hate facing 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Canada, says one advocacy organization and Senator Kristopher Wells.
WAGE isn’t in a funding crisis—it has a design flaw
Women and Gender Equality Canada’s latest funding forecast has sparked panic, but for all the wrong reasons. The gender equity sector must zoom out, stop reacting to fear, and push for a complete overhaul of how funding is structured.
Plan tackling gender-based violence needs funding renewed, say advocates amid concerns over budget cuts
With the issue at ‘epidemic levels’ in Canada, advocates are worried about the national plan’s future with funding sunsetting by 2027.
‘It’s being levelled’: advocates worried about potential 81 per cent cut to Women and Gender Equality Canada’s budget by 2028
Women’s advocates call the department’s three-year forecast ‘extremely shocking’ and ‘disproportional’ for the small ministry. ‘The level of support will be radically reduced,’ says Katherine Scott, who isn’t ‘holding her breath’ for the fall budget.
Before the cuts: a bureaucracy baseline from an employment equity lens
How well is the government meeting its diversity targets? The 2023-24 Employment Equity report offers a window into federal efforts to bring about change.
There’s no better time for Canada to embrace its diversity
All governments—municipal, provincial, federal, and Indigenous—should take stock and ask: who is at the table?
‘They’re never going to silence me’: Red Chamber marks Pride month with historic number of openly queer Senators
The Upper Chamber has six openly 2SLGBTQIA+ Senators for the first time ever, but they warn that progress is ‘fragile’ and that Canadians must continue ‘to push’ to protect equal rights.
‘Survivors are waiting for it’: Sen. Boyer reintroduces bill to criminalize forced, coerced sterilizations
Boyer says she hopes the Senate’s previous study of her bill tackling forced and coerced sterilizations will speed up its passage in the Upper Chamber the second time around.
Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?
As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as the bureaucracy now begins to shrink for the first time in over 10 years, these groups could be disproportionately impacted.
