Minister Bains says orgs committed to diversity will get “preferential access to government programming”
As part of a new diversity initiative rollout Thursday, Minister Navdeep Bains committed to using both carrots and sticks to drive greater representation in private sector companies across Canada.
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced the launch of the 50 – 30 Challenge, looking to encourage Canadian companies to increase representation and opportunities for underrepresented groups in the private sector. The goal of the initiative is to achieve both gender parity and increased presence of underrepresented groups on company boards and in senior levels of management.
“My view is corporate Canada should look like Canada,” Bains told BetaKit.