Governor in Council Appointments Baseline 2016

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Governor in CouncilAppointments Baseline March 2016Andrew Grifth


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Importance

• Under the radar

• About 1,500 appointments to agencies, boards,commissions, tribunals and crown corporations

• Test commitment of diversity and inclusion inappointments

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New Process Emphasis on

Diversity“Representative of Canada’s diversity• The appointments approach will ensure that Ministers’ recommendations

take into consideration the desire for Governor in Council appointments to

achieve gender parity and reect Canada’s diversity, in terms of linguistic,regional and employment equity representation.

• To meet these commitments, recruitment strategies and outreach activitieswill be used to reach qualied and diverse pools of candidates.

• In addition, candidates for GIC positions will complete an online account,where they will provide information on their second ofcial languageprociency, and voluntarily self-identify as a member of an employmentequity group (women, Indigenous Canadians, visible minorities, personswith disabilities). Candidates will also soon be able to self-identify as amember of an ethnic or cultural group.”

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PCO Denitions198 Organizations

Agencies/Boards/Commissions: Established to carry out administrative, quasi-judicial,regulatory and advisory functions within the government’s policy and legislative framework.Their mandates are typically more narrowly dened than ministerial departments. Theseinstitutions are involved in a broad range of activities, such as protecting human rights,regulating specic economic sectors, providing services, undertaking research and providing

advice. They usually operate at arm’s length from government and the degree of their autonomyvaries considerably by their organization and function.

Administrative Tribunals: Quasi-judicial decision-making bodies which operate independentlyfrom government. An administrative tribunal may set standards, regulate economic activity or anarea of law, or adjudicate and determine certain legal rights and benets.

Crown Corporations: Arms-length corporate entities that carry out specic functions on acommercial or quasi-commercial basis. Some Crown corporations receive funding support fromgovernment, while others are self-sufcient or prot-making. The powers necessary to carry outa Crown corporation’s mandate are vested in the board that directs it. While Crown corporationsfunction within their applicable statutory frameworks, they are accountable to Parliament throughtheir respective Ministers. The Board of Directors has overall stewardship of the Crowncorporation.

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ExamplesAgencies, Boards, Commissions: Canada EmploymentInsurance Commission, Historic Sites and Monuments Board,National Battleelds Commission, Ofcers of Parliament, Portand bridge authorities, Public Service Pension AdvisoryCommittee, Security Intelligence Review Committee

Crown Corporation (directors): Bank of Canada, CanadaPost, CBC, CRRF, museums, EDC, NCC

Tribunal: Citizenship Commission, CRTC, IRB, SocialSecurity Tribunal, Parole Board, Veterans Review and AppealBoard

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http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=SIRC&lang=eng#PersonID_16500http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=PSPAC&lang=eng#PersonID_23999http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=NBC&lang=eng#PersonID_14663http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CEIC&lang=eng#PersonID_22870


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Type of Appointments

• ‘During pleasure' — may be removed at thediscretion of the Governor in Council

• ‘During good behaviour' — may only beremoved for cause

• Full-time, part-time or board members

• Dependent or independent (tribunals, Crowns)

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Methodology• PCO GiC index 28 February 2016, cross-checked

with organizational proles

• Gender, visible minority and Indigenous identiedwith mix of names and photos (where available)

• Gender data complete, visible minority and

Indigenous less so

• PCO database not fully updated (e.g., 4.7 percentof appointments expired in 2014, 2015)

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Prole: AppointmentsNumber of Organizations

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15 Appointments


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Prole: AppointmentsType of Organizations

9

G i C A p p o

i n t m e n

t s

150

300

450

600

O r g a n

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t i o n s

35

70

105

140

Crown Corporation Tribunal Other

Organizations GiC Appointments


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Overall Diversity

10

10%

20%

30%

40%

Women Visible minority Indigenous

Women 455

Visible Minority 81Indigenous 37

Total 1,332


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2014-15

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020-22None

7.5% 15% 22.5% 30%

Appointment End Dates

9 Appointments in 2016


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Type of Position

12

10%

20%

30%

40%

Women Visible Minority Indigenous

Full-Time Part-TimeDuring Good Behavior/Removal for Cause During Pleasure

BreakdownFull-Time 374Part-Time 153DGB/RFC 231DP 536


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PERCENTAGE BY TYPE

25%

50%

75%

100%

Full-Time Part-time DGB/RFC DP

WomenMen

Visible MinorityIndigenous

About those 49 post-dated

Harper appointments…• 12 women (24.5%), 37

men (75.5%)

• 4 visible minorities(8.2%)

• 1 Indigenous (2%)

• Senior positions:• 21.4% women• 17.9% VisMin• 10.7% Indigenous

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Salaries

14

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

Women VisMin

GC-1-5 GC-6-10 GCQ-1-5 GCQ-6-10 CEO-1-2 CEO-3-8

GC/GCQ-6, CEO-3equivalent salary toADM (EX4)


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DiversityOrganizations with More than 5 GiCs

15

0

25

50

75

100

> 50% 40-50% 30-40% 20-30% 10-20% < 10%Women Visible Minority Indigenous


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WomenMajority women: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, National FilmBoard, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Federal Bridge Corporation Limited,National Farm Products Council, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, CanadianTransportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board, Nanaimo Port Authority, Trois-

Rivières Port Authority, National Seniors Council, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal,Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Canadian Institutes of HealthResearch, Social Security Tribunal

Parity: Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Race Relations Foundation, TelelmCanada, Canada Industrial Relations Board, National Arts Centre, Canada

Development Investment Corporation

No women: Oshawa Port Authority, Canadian Securities Regulation RegimeTransition Ofce, Competition Tribunal, Laurentian Pilotage Authority, Canada-NovaScotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canadian Transportation Agency

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http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CTA&lang=eng#PersonID_23502http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CNO&lang=eng#PersonID_22120http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=LPA&lang=eng#PersonID_22964http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=RCT&lang=eng#PersonID_8185http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=SRRT&lang=eng#PersonID_22464http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=OPA&lang=eng#PersonID_23340http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CDEV&lang=eng#PersonID_21567http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=NAC&lang=eng#PersonID_13193http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CIRB&lang=eng#PersonID_24147http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=FDC&lang=eng#PersonID_23784http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=RRF&lang=eng#PersonID_23217http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CCL&lang=eng#PersonID_22349http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=SST&lang=eng#PersonID_22248http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CIHR&lang=eng#PersonID_24370http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CCOHS&lang=eng#PersonID_23034http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=HRTC&lang=eng#PersonID_23729http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=NSCL&lang=eng#PersonID_23350http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=TRR&lang=eng#PersonID_23330http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=NNO&lang=eng#PersonID_24133http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=TSB&lang=eng#PersonID_23233http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CMHR&lang=eng#PersonID_22450http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=FPCC&lang=eng#PersonID_24131http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=FBCL&lang=eng#PersonID_20869http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CHRC&lang=eng#PersonID_22791http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=NFB&lang=eng#PersonID_24022http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CSB&lang=eng#PersonID_20913


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Visible MinoritiesMajority: Canadian Race Relations Foundation

20-50 percent: Citizenship Commission, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21,International Development Research Centre, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, CanadaCouncil for the Arts, Arbitration Board (Inuvialuit), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, OshawaPort Authority 10-20 percent: National Seniors Council, Canada Foundation for Innovation, CanadianHuman Rights Tribunal, BDC, IRB, NFB, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council,Telelm Canada, CRTC, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Social Security Tribunal, CMHC,Canadian Tourism Commission, Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Ofce

>0 to 10 percent: Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, VIA Rail, CBC, Museum ofNature, National Gallery of Canada, NRC, Canada Post, CATSA, Canada Pension PlanInvestment Board, Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board, Public ServicePension Advisory Committee, EDC, CRA, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council,Bank of Canada, NCC, Payments in lieu of Taxes Dispute Advisory Panel, Transportation AppealTribunal, Parole Board

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http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=OPA&lang=eng#PersonID_23340http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CNSC&lang=eng#PersonID_22729http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=ARBD&lang=eng#PersonID_21588http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CCL&lang=eng#PersonID_22349http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CSB&lang=eng#PersonID_20913http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=IDR&lang=eng#PersonID_22238http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CMIP&lang=eng#PersonID_22871http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=CZNC&lang=eng#PersonID_21047http://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=RRF&lang=eng#PersonID_23217


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Indigenous Peoples

Majority: National Aboriginal Economic Development Board, RenewableResources Board (Gwich’in), First Nations Financial Management Board,Renewable Resources Board (Sahtu), First Nations Tax Commission (44 percent)

> 0 to 20 percent: Canadian High Arctic Research Station, CanadaCouncil for the Arts, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, National SeniorsCouncil

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Implications of New Process

• 21% positions open up in 2016, 25% in 2017

• Opportunity for representation of employmentequity groups to increase

• Will Government publish annual EE report forGiC appointments?

• Addition of ‘ethnic origin’ identication willcapture ‘traditional’ diversity

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