Government promises

Ensure vaccination across the Public Service.

Ensure vaccination is enforced for workers at Crown corporations and separate agencies.

Ensure that Public Service workplaces are free from sexual harassment and violence, as well as racism and all forms of hate.

Refine and strengthen the quality of life framework to ensure long-term outcomes that benefit people, and that progress toward those aims is rigorously reported.

Bargain in good faith with Canada’s public sector unions.

Support departments in implementing the plans outlined in their responses to the Call to Action on Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion in the Public Service.

Ensure the use of disaggregated data to track the Public Service's progress in implementing the plans outlined in their responses to the Call to Action on Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion.

Build a whole-of-government approach for the improved collection, analysis, availability and publication of disaggregated data.

Create a Diversity Fellowship to mentor and sponsor diverse groups of public servants.

Implement an action plan to increase representation in hiring, appointments and leadership development.

Create a fellowship for 1,000 students and new graduates.

Offer language training to post-secondary students to reduce barriers to public service recruitment.

Hire 5,000 new public servants with disabilities by 2025.

Offer language programs to racialized public service employees.

Expand public service recruitment programs to international students and permanent residents.

Help community organizations support students to enter the Public Service.

Establish a mental health fund for Black public servants.

Support career advancement, training, sponsorship and educational opportunities for Black public servants.

Advance the implementation of the Pay Equity Act across the Public Service.

Bring forward a coherent and coordinated plan for the future of work within the Public Service.

Develop a long-term, government-wide Public Service Skills Strategy.

Reduce the time it takes to hire new public servants.

Continue to advance requirement of Crown corporations to implement gender and diversity reporting, starting in 2022.

Improve government whistleblower protections and supports, including exploring possible amendments to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.

Ensure full consideration is given to leveraging digital delivery approaches throughout the development of major projects.

Continue leadership to update and replace outdated IT systems, and modernize the way government delivers benefits and services to Canadians.

Encourage more agile, open and user-focused methods when designing services for Canadians.

Expand open data initiatives and make more data available digitally.

Accelerate and expand the use of the Canadian Digital Service across government to improve the digital experience for Canadians and increase the number of digitally-accessible government services.

Work towards a common and secure approach for a trusted digital identity platform to support seamless service delivery to Canadians across the country.

Initiate a comprehensive and continuous strategic policy review of government programs to examine how major programs and policies contribute to meeting the biggest challenges of the time.

Accelerate Greening Government commitments to electrify the entire federal fleet of light duty vehicles by 2030.

Strengthen federal procurement policies to integrate human rights, environment, social and corporate governance principles and supply chain transparency principles, and ensure they apply to federal departments and agencies and Crown corporations.

Reform regulatory efforts to improve transparency, reduce administrative burden and lead Canada efforts to harmonize regulations.

Ensure that Canadians across the country can receive services from federal institutions in both official languages.

Implement measures outlined in the White Paper, English and French: Towards a Substantive Equality of Official Languages in Canada that are related to the Public Service.