Proactive Business or Passive Alignment: Human Capital and the Role of Government
Recently in Canada, a Federal Member of Parliament said this year (June 2014), a conservative at that, stood up and commented something that was not only sexist but considered way out of line and out of date when referencing women not being as ready for work like a man because they have to change diapers and drop kids off at school. A member of the opposition, a leader of a party herself is not only that, she’s a lawyer herself so you can imagine what this was like when he referenced why there aren't as many female judges in Canada. (www, Margret Wente, Globe&Mail, June 2014, http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2465937388/) So this brings me to my next article. Business people ask questions like, who do we vote for when a governing party says it’s going to fix the economy? How does it make sense when they don’t include entire sets of people in certain jobs? Does government make a great regulator? Why do Canadian Right Wing Party's take credit for a better economy when nothing other than the natural evolution of economies scale rules are the only thing which took effect after a recession? Beyond Peter MacKay (Tory MP), there are actual sexist and racist business on the mass scale which are Canadian firms which kill the same opportunities for a wide range of entry to mid level possible
