Globe and Mail: The case for still more diversity

Alan Broadbent and Ratna Omidvar

The Ontario government has decided to prod companies and organizations into increasing the presence of women on boards and in senior management positions through a “comply or explain” approach. Rather than set hard quotas, the government has opted to let companies improve their performance – but if they fail, they will be obligated to explain why.

As the government knows, diversity is about much more than gender. Visible minorities make up 26 per cent of Ontarians, and half of people living in the Toronto region. People living with disabilities make up 16 per cent of the provincial population, aboriginals 2 per cent and immigrants 29 per cent in the province.

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Source: Globe and Mail