Chapter 1: Diversity and Inclusion in the Security and Intelligence Community — Recommendations
National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Annual Report 2019

Recommendations

105. The Committee makes the following recommendations:

R1.

The Committee conduct a retrospective review in three to five years to assess the security and intelligence community's progress in achieving and implementing its diversity goals and inclusion initiatives, and to examine more closely the question of inclusion, including issues of harassment, violence and discrimination, through closer engagement with employees.

R2.

The security and intelligence community adopt a consistent and transparent approach to planning and monitoring of employment equity and diversity goals, and conduct regular reviews of their employment policies and practices (that is, employment systems reviews) to identify possible employment barriers for women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

R3.

The security and intelligence community improve the robustness of its data collection and analysis, including GBA+ assessments of internal staffing and promotion policies and clustering ana lyses of the workforce. In this light, the Committee also highlights the future obligation for organizations to investigate, record and report on all occurrences of harassment and violence in the workplace.

R4.

The security and intelligence comm unity develop a common performance measurement framework, and strengthen accountability for diversity and inclusion through meaningful and measurable performance indicators for executives and managers across all organizations.