As deputy minister of IRCC, former deputy minister of ISC and mother of two girls, I am absolutely committed to anti-racism work. I empower my team to challenge ourselves on how the policies we develop have an impact on people. I look at specific case studies and I empower people to bring them to me—data around Nigerian students versus Indian students and looking at the policies and programs we have in place and how our decisions around Afghanistan and Ukraine have an impact on how we respond in other places in the world.
What would I say in terms of my own personal commitment? I not only encourage our conversations between employees; I also support the various networks that exist within my organization and empower them through decisions that I make to give them a voice at the highest table of our department.