National Post

LIBERALS MULL LEGISLATIO­N CHANGES TO BOOST DIVERSITY

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The Trudeau Liberals are eyeing changes to the law governing public service hiring to help make federal department­s and agencies more diverse. They also plan to do further research on the makeup of the federal public service and will try to hire more senior leaders with varied background­s. Treasury Board President Jean-yves Duclos, pictured, and his parliament­ary secretary, Greg Fergus, spelled out the priorities Tuesday to foster greater diversity, inclusion and accessibil­ity in the public service. The Treasury Board Secretaria­t has begun discussion­s about the framework for recruitmen­t in the public service and is specifical­ly looking at “possible amendments” to the Public Service Employment Act. The act is intended to ensure federal hiring is fair, transparen­t and representa­tive.

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