Canada cannot afford to leave women out of its investment strategy

Making fuller use of women already involved in capital, talent, entrepreneurship, and leadership will strengthen our ability to build the companies, industries, and projects in which Canada is now investing.

Women remain substantially underrepresented in many of the sectors expected to drive Canada’s growth, and in the institutions that determine where capital flows, write Emily Feairs and Frédérique Tsai-Klassen. Pexels photograph by Christina Morillo

Opinion

BY EMILY FEAIRS, FRéDéRIQUE TSAI-KLASSEN

September 11, 2026

As the federal government looks to mobilize $1-trillion in investment over the next five years, Canada is entering a period of extraordinary economic ambition. We are preparing to invest in infrastructure, technology, defence, agriculture, natural resources, strategic supply...

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