You know, I often try to figure out why we have so many inequities in our public service. Why do we predominantly have one group in the leadership and others all below that? It has dawned on me that for members of Parliament who pass the legislation, often it's not a priority. It has not been a priority for Parliaments to ensure that these barriers come down. They're often enforced and reinforced by Parliament. Parliament has played a critical role in reinforcing systemic inequities throughout workplaces that the bureaucracy then enacts.
This body plays an important role in dismantling these. With regard to these recommendations that we've provided, presently there's no accountability for executives in the public service on these issues. It's not tied against their performance. It's not tied against anything. Their actions are optional. It's performative. They're enabled by legislation that says they have to do this, and they're able to check that box and that's it. They present numbers to Parliament that they're doing extremely well.
That's not the lived reality of many workers throughout the public service. Accountability is what these recommendations are calling for, and that's what you can do.