CBC News has learned the federal government will announce Monday that it broadly supports listing Black and LGBTQ people among groups facing systemic workplace barriers under the Employment Equity Act.
The Liberal government is backing the legislative change after a task force report recommended the move.
A senior government source with knowledge of the announcement but not authorized to speak publicly said Ottawa “broadly supports” that and other recommendations from a task force that reviewed the legislation. The government is making an initial commitment to modernize the act, the source said.
Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan and the task force chair, McGill University law
