Canada’s trades strategy tackles the pipeline, but misses the system

The sectors in which governments are now making significant long-term investments are those where women’s participation remains lowest.

Increasing women’s entry in key sectors without addressing downstream dynamics risks reinforcing a cycle in which participation expands at the margins but does not translate into sustained capacity, write Frédérique Tsai-Klassen and Emily Feairs. Pexels photograph by Mikael Blomkvist

Opinion

BY FRéDéRIQUE TSAI-KLASSEN, EMILY FEAIRS

May 11, 2026

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