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Canada

Justin Trudeau

In office

Prime Minister

Liberal Party of Canada

2,556 days in office

42rd Parliament of Canada
03 Dec 2015 - 11 Sep 2019

43rd Parliament of Canada
05 Dec 2019 - 15 Aug 2021

44th Parliament of Canada
22 Nov 2021 - Present

The 2019 Canadian federal election (formally the 43rd Canadian general election) was held on October 21, 2019 to elect members of the House of Commons to the 43rd Canadian Parliament.

The Liberal Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, won 157 seats to form a minority government. The Liberals lost the majority government they had secured in the previous federal election in 2015. They also lost the popular vote to the Conservatives, which marks only the second time in Canadian history that a governing party formed a government while receiving less than 35 per cent of the national popular vote.

For an assessment of this government’s performance during its first mandate (2015-2019), see Birch and Pétry (2019), Bilan du gouvernement libéral de Justin Trudeau : 353 promesses et un mandat de changement, published by Les Presses de l’Université Laval.

In partnership with

Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship

Center for Public Policy Analysis (CAPP)

Le Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC)

Promise History

Minorities

44th Parliament of Canada

3.10.11 - “A re-elected Liberal government will […] [a]dapt and apply the Canada Business Corporations Act diversity requirements to federally regulated financial institutions, applying an intersectional lens to ensure diversity.”

Forward. For Everyone

Published: Nov 2021

Justification

Companies governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) are required to provide information on their corporate diversity policies and practices.

“The directors of a prescribed corporation shall place before the shareholders, at every annual meeting, the prescribed information respecting diversity among the directors and among the members of senior management as defined by regulation.”

Canada Business Corporations Act - Governement of Canada

Published: Mar 2023

Justification

This report attempts to promote an intersectional perspective to foster diversity in all senior public service positions. However, the report makes no mention of the need to promote diversity in senior positions in the financial sector.

“The Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet released the Call to action on January 22, 2021. The Call to action highlighted the need to make meaningful change in addressing barriers and disadvantages. Specially, Public Service leaders are called to appoint, sponsor, support, and recruit Indigenous, Black and other racialized individuals to the public service and towards leadership positions. Public Service leaders were also called on to invest in developing inclusive leadership skills and in establishing a sense of belonging and trust for all public servants.”

Moving Towards Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Parole Board of Canada

Published: Jun 2022

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Forward. For Everyone

Published: Nov 2021

Reference Documents

“Federal distributing corporations, including venture issuers, created under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA), now need to disclose information to their shareholders and Corporations Canada on the diversity of their boards of directors and senior management teams.”