, a non-profit organization that works to track Canada’s progress since the purge that saw LGBTQ2S+ people unjustly abused, harassed out of their jobs or fired between the 1950s and the mid-1990s.
One of the main “foundational” recommendations is for departments to consult with stakeholders, LGBTQ2S+ employees and external subject matter experts when developing and reviewing organizational policies and practices. In a snapshot of the federal departments surveyed, the report stated that some of the strengths of the departments were employee groups dedicated to getting the voice of LGBTQ2S+ employees heard, positive space training to educate employees on LGBTQ2S+ concerns, LGBTQ2S+ liaisons or champion, and “good efforts” at “a handful of participating entities” to making it easier for transgender employees to feel supported while transitioning at work.
Although a large number of employees reported feeling comfortable being open about their LGBTQ2S+ identity at work, some survey respondents also indicated that they believed discrimination had affected their career. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada was highlighted as an organization where “data suggests the possible existence of bias in career advancement processes,” for LGBTQ2S+ employees, the report noted.
The Department of National Defence is one of the departments that seemed to have the fewest policies aimed at increasing LGBTQ2S+ inclusivity and safety. Across the various departments, “policies themselves often do not include specific LGBTQI2S consideration,” the report said. “This was particularly clear within benefits, leave, and hiring policies.”
The report noted that one limitation was that they largely were not able to survey “frontline staff/lower rank personnel”, which may leave gaps in their knowledge of the atmosphere for LGBTQ2S+ people in those roles, and discrimination they may face.The report outlined 23 recommendations for all of the federal departments, but also specified some recommendations that were especially important for specific departments in the section of the report where they dove into each individual department.
Crazy left keep it going. Please add your irrelevant sexual preference to the job application. Oh wait Human Rights Code makes that illegal. Oh wait nobody cares about your sexual preferences. Even Pierre Trudeau had it right saying the bedroom is not the state’s business.