Gender-based analysis plus

Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus Capacity

The Secretariat is a micro-organization comprised of eight full-time equivalents. The organization is not involved in the development of programs or policies. Rather, it supports the review activities of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. As part of the support provided to the Committee, when and where applicable, the Secretariat will utilize a GBA Plus lens to support its analysis and advice.

While no single full-time equivalent was identified as a dedicated resource for GBA Plus activities, all employees completed the Women and Gender Equality Canada’s online Gender-based Analysis Plus training module. In addition, one staff member has completed the GBA Plus Premium training course.

As part of its recruitment activities, the Secretariat hired a group of employees with the appropriate mix of backgrounds, professional experience, research, and analytical skills to fulfill the organization’s responsibilities. This breadth of experience and competencies provides the Committee with high quality, non-partisan advice and support.

In its 2019 Annual Report the Committee, with the support of the Secretariat, reviewed diversity and inclusion in Canada’s security and intelligence community. This review — the first multi-departmental analysis of its kind — provided a baseline assessment of the degree of representation of women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minorities and persons with disabilities within the security and intelligence community. It analyzed the goals, initiatives, programs and measures that departments and agencies had taken to promote diversity and inclusion.

In the 2020-21 fiscal year, the Committee’s chair and members of the Secretariat discussed the Committee’s review of diversity and inclusion in the security and intelligence community in an episode of the Intrepid podcast, a podcast dedicated to discussions of relevant issues affecting Canada’s national security law and intelligence landscape.

The Committee and its Secretariat hopes to conduct a retrospective review in two to four years to assess the security and intelligence community’s progress in achieving and implementing its diversity goals and inclusion initiatives. 

Section 2: Gender and Diversity Impacts, by Program

Core Responsibility: Assist the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians in fulfilling its mandate

Program Name: The Secretariat does not operate any programs, collect program data or possess databases.

Section 3: Program Links to Gender Results Framework

Core Responsibility Assist the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians in fulfilling its mandate

The Secretariat does not operate any programs, collect program data or possess databases.

Section 4: Program Links to Quality of Life Framework

Core Responsibility: Assist the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians in fulfilling its mandate

The Secretariat does not operate any programs, collect program data or possess databases.

Definitions

Target Population

See Finance Canada definition of Target Group in the following document: User Instructions for the GBA Plus Departmental Summary – Budget 2020 - Canada.ca

Gender Scale

• First group: Predominantly men (e.g. 80 per cent or more men)
• Second group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent men
• Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
• Forth group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent women
• Fifth group: Predominantly women (e.g. 80 per cent or more women)

Income Level Scale

• First group: Strongly benefits low income individuals (Strongly progressive)
• Second group: Somewhat benefits low income individuals (Somewhat progressive)
• Third group: No significant distributional impacts
• Forth group: Somewhat benefits high income individuals (Somewhat regressive)
• Fifth group: Strongly benefits high income individuals (Strongly regressive)

Age Group Scale

• First group: Primarily benefits youth, children and/or future generations
• Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors
• Third group: Primarily benefits seniors or the baby boom generation

Gender Results Framework Pillars

See definitions at the following page: Gender Results Framework - Women and Gender Equality Canada

Quality of Life Domains

See definitions in Annex 5 (budget.canada.ca)