Canada’s $1-Trillion Investment Ambition Will Require Women’s Full Economic Participation — The Power Shift
Business, investment and public policy leaders call for women’s economic participation to be treated as a core part of Canada’s growth strategy
A group of 23 prominent Canadian business, investment, entrepreneurship and public policy leaders convened by The Power Shift are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to make women’s economic participation a core part of Canada’s investment strategy, just days before global investors gather in Toronto for the first Canada Investment Summit.
In an open letter released today, the leaders argue that realizing Canada’s ambition to catalyze $1 trillion in investment over the next five years will require the country to make full use of its economic capacity, including the talent, capital, entrepreneurship and leadership of women. Women remain significantly underrepresented in many of the industries, businesses and institutions that will determine how that capital is deployed and where economic growth occurs.
The letter urges the federal government to make women’s economic participation a core part of Canada’s investment agenda as the country prepares to make major investments in infrastructure, technology, defence, natural resources and other strategic sectors.
