Internal docs shows many federal departments not meeting gender analysis targets
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals’ promise to examine how their plans affect women and men differently hasn’t been fulfilled across the federal government, internal documents say.
Results from an internal survey conducted by Status of Women Canada measuring the implementation of “gender-based analysis plus” (GBA+, in the government’s jargon) found fewer than half of departments and agencies have a GBA+ plan, with most departments saying they lack the internal mechanisms to apply one.
Conservatives and Liberals alike have called GBA+ a useful way to think about what they’re doing and make sure nobody is accidentally left out of government plans.