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Gender Results Framework
Canada's economic future depends on people having equal opportunity to reach their full potential, regardless of gender or [other identity characteristics.
Gender equality and diversity are fundamental to creating a thriving and successful country that reflects Canadian values and achieves its potential. When every Canadian has the opportunity to succeed, all Canadians benefit. For this reason, the Government is committed to a decision-making process that considers the impacts of policy proposals on Canadians from a variety of perspectives, including demographic, social and economic characteristics. As a part of this process, throughout the 2020 Fall Economic Statement, there are Gender Equality and Diversity Boxes, which present statistics on how COVID-19 and related public health measures, policies and programs have affected diverse Canadians, such as women, men, youth, members of the LGBTQ2+ community, persons with disabilities, racialized Canadians, and Indigenous peoples. These Gender Equality and Diversity Boxes leverage the themes of the Gender Results Framework, a whole-of-government tool to help guide future policy decisions and track developments in gender equality and diversity across a number of identified policy priorities. These priorities, which range from eliminating gender-based violence to achieving greater gender equality in leadership roles, are outlined below.
Note on terminology
In this section, the term "visible minorities" is occasionally used to refer to racialized Canadians because it is the official demographic category defined by the Employment Equity Act and used by Statistics Canada in their surveys.
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