Gender Equity
Liberal
- Adapt & apply the Canada Business Corporations Act diversity requirements to federally-regulated financial institutions.
- Require Crown corporations to implement gender & diversity reporting, beginning next year.
Adapt and apply the Canada Business Corporations Act diversity requirements to federally regulated financial institutions, applying an intersectional lens to ensure diversity among senior ranks of the financial sector.
Move forward with our commitment to require Crown corporations to implement gender and diversity reporting, beginning next year.
— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02
Conservative
- Implement a national mentorship strategy for women of all ages to prepare & help them network for senior leadership roles in corporations & civil society.
- Seek out qualified female candidates for federal appointments.
- Require federally-regulated corporations & federally-mandated organisations to implement recruitment plans to seek out qualified female candidates for senior leadership positions.
NDP
Green
- Pass pay equity legislation.
- Immediately implement full pay equity for women employed in the federal sector.
- Develop tax incentives for companies to meet standards.
- Establish specific job reentry programmes for women with children.
- Advocate that all political parties nominate, train, & support more women & gender-diverse candidates.
● Pass pay equity legislation, as recommended by the Pay Equity Task Force; immediately implement full pay equity for women employed in the federal sector and develop tax incentives for companies to meet the highest standards of gender and pay equity.
● Establish specific job re-entry programs for women with children who want to restart their working lives either part-time or full-time.
● Ensure that the criteria for new appointments to public boards and agencies include equal opportunity for women.
● Support greater engagement of women in the political life of Canada by advocating that all political parties nominate, train, and support more women and gender-diverse candidates.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11