Are we there yet? Forty years of Employment Equity - the good, the bad and the ugly

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Canada’s Employment Equity (EE) Act from 1986 was designed to help “level the playing field” for groups that were historically discriminated against. It required federally regulated corporations and federal contractors to track and report on the proportion of “designated groups” and their strategies to advance inclusion. The designated groups were initially identified as women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities, although the terms have been updated to “racialized people” and Indigenous peoples recognizing shifting norms. The Act also requires disclosure of policies, but reporting and monitoring of the policies is uneven."