Government-run diversity challenge ‘hypocritical’ until public service meets private sector targets: experts

The 50-30 Challenge asks Canadian companies to voluntarily 'commit to achieving gender parity and significant representation of other underrepresented groups,' but the public service isn't there, and there are no baked-in accountability measures.

Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef, left, Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, and Diversity and Inclusion Minister Bardish Chagger are pictured. The federal government's 50-30 Challenge is aimed at boosting diversity in the private sector. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Cynthia Münster

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BY ALICE CHEN

July 28, 2021

A challenge from the government meant to spur diversity in the private sector is odds with the feds' own record on diversity in the public service and is lacking accountability measures to ensure results, say industry experts. The 50-30 Challenge, originally launched by Innovation, Science, and Ec...

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