Mr. Speaker, I will be tabling in the near future a report on the status of employment equity in the public service. I will be doing that today or tomorrow.
Members will see from that report steady progress is taking place through a range of programs and initiatives that have been initiated by the Treasury Board. Some of the highlights of the report will be, for instance, that women increase their participation
in the public service to 47.4 per cent from 44 per cent in a year; that almost two-thirds of the 14,000 employees who were hired were women. At the same time, 56 per cent of the employees promoted were women.
There has been steady progress for every designated group during the last five years. During 1994-95, the representation of every designated group in the public service has increased.