Key budgetary goal to help women enter workforce would lift economy: analysis
OTTAWA — One of the predominant themes of next week’s federal budget will be increasing the workforce participation of women — and recently released internal documents point to big economic benefits for Canada if it can help more women enter the job market.
The Liberal government has said improving the economic success of women and promoting gender equality will be among the primary objectives of next Tuesday’s budget.
Options on the budgetary table include narrowing the pay equity gap, ensuring more gender equality in boardrooms, easing access to capital for female entrepreneurs and opening up more funding opportunities for female scientific researchers.
These types of commitments could feed into Ottawa’s efforts to hit another overarching target for this government: raising the needle on long-term growth.