| SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls |
TBS planned to:
- continue to advance the implementation of the Pay Equity Act across the public service
- continue to develop and implement initiatives, including a modernized senior leaders strategy, that promote career progression and inclusion, as well as enable leadership development and targeted succession planning and recruitment for women and other equity-seeking groups
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Canadian ambition:
Gender equality in leadership roles and at all levels of decision-making
Canadian target:
Greater representation of women in leadership roles
Global target:
Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life |
As of 2021–22, TBS reported that 53.2% of executive employees in the public service are women, compared to their workforce availability of 48.2%.
Data on the proportion of executive employees in the public service who are women for 2022–23 is not currently available. Such data will be reported in the 2022–23 annual report about employment equity in the public service of Canada.
In 2022–23, TBS continued to help to achieve gender equality, including by leading the implementation of the Pay Equity Act in the core public administration and in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
TBS also advanced the public service’s leadership strategy by:
- taking steps to modernize the leadership competency profile
- setting expectations for an inclusive leadership culture
- implementing and sharing bias mitigation techniques for talent management
- supporting the career progression of equity-seeking executives
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| SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries |
In 2022–23, TBS planned to work with departments to ensure that they hire, retain and promote people with the goal of creating a workplace that ensures diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility.
The planned efforts included:
- working with the Privy Council Office to support departments in implementing the plans outlined in their responses to the Call to Action on Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion in the Public Service
- continuing to build a whole-of-government approach for the improved collection, analysis, availability and publication of disaggregated data, with the support of Statistics Canada
- implementing programs that identify strong candidates from equity-seeking groups to support their career progression
- continuing to implement the Accessibility Strategy for the Public Service of Canada
- supporting the development of departmental accessibility plans that identify and remove barriers to inclusion of persons with disabilities
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Canadian ambition:
Canadians live free of discrimination and inequalities are reduced
Canadian target:
No specific target
Global target:
Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices, and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard |
As of 2021–22, TBS reported that:
- 20.2% of employees in the public service identified themselves as a member of visible minorities, compared to their workforce availability of 17.2%
- 6.2% of employees in the public service identified themselves as having a disability, compared to their workforce availability of 9.1%
- 5.2% of employees in the public service identified themselves as Indigenous peoples, compared to their workforce availability of 3.8%
2022–23 data on the representation of these groups of employees in the public service is not currently available. Such data will be reported in the 2022–23 annual report about employment equity in the public service of Canada.
In 2022–23, TBS helped to further diversity and inclusion by:
- collaborating with the Privy Council Office to support departments on the Call to Action on Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion in the Public Service
- releasing disaggregated data on diversity and inclusion statistics, continuing development of an application that captures demographic data in real time, and working with Statistics Canada to build a whole-of-government approach to improving the collection, analysis, availability and publication of disaggregated data
- implementing programs, such as the Inclusion Stewardship Program, the Mosaic Leadership Development Program and the Mentorship Plus Program, to identify strong candidates from equity-seeking groups and support their career progression
- publishing a revised version of Duty to Accommodate: A General Process for Managers
TBS also continued to implement the Accessibility Strategy for the Public Service of Canada and supported departments in developing and completing accessibility plans. In addition, TBS:
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| SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns |
In leading the Greening Government Strategy, TBS planned to coordinate with departments to:
- electrify the entire federal fleet of light-duty vehicles by 2030
- purchase 100% clean electricity by 2022, where available, and by no later than 2025, by producing or purchasing renewable electricity
- minimize waste generation and water use
- green their procurement, particularly for goods and services that have a high environmental impact over their full life cycles
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Canadian ambition:
Canadians consume in a sustainable manner
Canadian target:
Zero-emission vehicles represent 10% of new light-duty vehicle sales by 2025, 30% by 2030 and 100% by 2040
Global target:
Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities |
In 2022–23, 14% (4.5% zero-emission vehicles and 9.6% hybrid electric vehicles) of the Government of Canada’s total conventional light-duty fleet vehicles were green.
In 2022–23, 90% (26.2% zero-emission vehicles and 64.2% hybrid electric vehicles) of the Government of Canada’s annual purchases of new conventional light-duty vehicles were green in segments where suitable options were available.
The Government of Canada is adopting green vehicles at a faster pace than the national average for the Canadian market. Statistics Canada data shows that 2.3% of all registered light-duty vehicles were green as of December 2021.
In 2022–23, 83% of the Government of Canada’s electricity consumption was generated by clean and non-emitting sources.
TBS contributed to sustainable consumption and production patterns by:
- working with Public Services and Procurement Canada to obtain renewable power in places where electricity production produces higher levels of carbon emissions
- making departmental reporting on waste diversion and water use mandatory as of 2022–23
- developing green procurement standards for low-carbon concrete and for suppliers to disclose greenhouse gas emissions
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| SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts |
In leading the Greening Government Strategy, TBS planned to coordinate with departments to:
- ensure that all new buildings and major building retrofits prioritize low carbon and climate resilience by minimizing the cost of greenhouse gas emissions over the full building life cycle
- electrify the entire federal fleet of light-duty vehicles by 2030
- work with national safety and security fleet departments in developing plans to reduce their emissions and become net zero by 2050
- understand the risks posed by climate change impacts and develop effective responses
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Canadian ambition:
Canadians reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and are well‑equipped and resilient to face the effects of climate change
Canadian target:
By 2030, reduce Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions by 30%, relative to 2005 levels. By 2050, achieve economy-wide net‑zero greenhouse gas emissions
Global target:
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning |
TBS contributed to the fight against climate change by coordinating with departments in implementing the Greening Government Strategy, including:
- working with departments to make sure new builds and major retrofit projects minimized the greenhouse gas emitted over the full life cycle of the project
- facilitating departments’ adoption of low-carbon forms of transportation
- introducing mandatory reporting for departments on actions they have taken to make their assets, vehicle fleets, services and operations more resilient to the impacts of climate change
- providing advice and guidance, tools, and expertise on the environmental impact of government operations on waste, water and biodiversity
As of March 2023, the federal government realized a 39.8% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from its real property and conventional vehicle fleet operations compared to 2005 levels. |
| SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels |
In 2022–23, TBS planned to promote government transparency and accountability through efforts to improve access to government information, including by:
- improving the online service for making requests under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act
- completing the review of the access to information regime
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Canadian ambition:
Canadians are supported by effective, accountable, and transparent institutions
Canadian target:
No specific target
Global target:
Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements |
In 2022–23:
- 54% of institutions responded to 90% or more of access to information requests within legislated timelines
- 60% of institutions responded to 90% or more of personal information requests within legislated timelines
TBS promoted government transparency and accountability by concluding a review of the Access to Information Act and tabling the Access to Information Review: Report to Parliament. TBS also completed a series of key actions on access to information, which included:
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| SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development |
Open data provides critical information for measuring progress toward meeting the sustainable development goals. In 2022–23, TBS planned to:
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Canadian ambition:
Canada fosters collaboration and partnerships to advance the SDGs
Canadian target:
No specific target
Global target:
Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources to support the achievement of the SDGs in all countries, in particular in developing countries |
In 2022–23, the Government of Canada published 1,684 new datasets, exceeding its target of publishing 1,000 new datasets.
Overall, TBS made more information and data available to Canadians by improving the Open Government Portal, including by:
- increasing the holdings on the portal to roughly 33,000 datasets and records and 1.8 million publications from about 160 federal institutions
- consulting with departments on expanding access
- optimizing key pages and added features based on user feedback
- committing to key open data activities as part of the 2022–24 National Action Plan on Open Government
In addition, Canada continued to be an international leader in open data and open, inclusive government by participating in the:
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TBS planned to help integrate the economic, social, environmental and governance aspects of sustainable development into government decision‑making by, for example:
- continuing to develop and promote the Quality of Life Framework and its cross-cutting sustainability and resilience lens
- requiring departments to report on their contributions to sustainable development through the Departmental Plan and the Departmental Results Report and the Supplementary Information Tables to those documents
- making sure Treasury Board submissions take sustainable development into account, where appropriate
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TBS continued to help departments integrate economic, social, environmental and governance aspects of sustainable development into government decision-making, including by:
- working with Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Department of Finance Canada, and the Privy Council Office to use an “integrated climate lens” to include climate, economics and inclusivity in the decision‑making process across federal departments in conjunction with the Quality of Life Framework
- working with partners to align reporting on SDGs and other related initiatives to consolidate reporting and reduce redundancies for future parliamentary reporting
TBS also supported departments in integrating sustainable development impact analysis into the regulatory development processes under the Cabinet Directive on Regulation. This directive requires an integrated cost-and-benefit analysis of regulations on society, the economy and the environment. |
