Ensure that the government's senior appointments are merit-based and demonstrate gender parity.

What success looks like

Greater representation of Canada's gender diversity in senior appointments.

Government's narrative on progress

In 2016, the government put in place an open, transparent and merit-based approach to selecting candidates for some 1500 federal Governor in Council (GIC) appointments. Over time, this will close gaps in the representation of women in GIC positions. Since late 2015, women represented more than half of appointments made under this new process and the overall representation of women serving as GIC appointees has increased by 13 percentage points and is now at 47 per cent.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.