Tasha Kheiriddin: Trump’s agenda poses risks for Canada far beyond tariffs [DEI]

Likely one of the lessor risks compared to many other executive orders and probably overstated. Canadians pursuing economic opportunities in the USA have more pressing reasons to do so than DEI:

…The second impact will come from the death of DEI. Even prior to Trump’s return to office, American companies were dumping DEI in droves: Amazon, Meta, Walmart, McDonald’s, Boeing, Ford and John Deere all scrapped their programs in the last six months. On Monday, Trump revoked all “radical and wasteful” federal DEI programs by executive order.

This will affect Canadian companies in several ways. American parent companies may feel pressured to dump DEI policies in their Canadian subsidiaries, so as not to run afoul of the new American ethos, and to remain competitive.

Trump could also turn these policies into a bargaining chip in his trade and tariff negotiations. And they could spur a new brain drain: Canadian talent who want to operate in a non-DEI environment may choose to head south, where they will have greater opportunities for advancement….

Source: Tasha Kheiriddin: Trump’s agenda poses risks for Canada far beyond tariffs

Trump administration puts federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff on leave

The Trump administration is moving to put employees in federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The move, which calls for agencies to develop a “reduction-in-force action” against the employees, comes after Trump signed executive orders ending DEI programs in the federal government.

In one of the orders, entitled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” Trump accused former President Joe Biden of encouraging discrimination in “virtually all aspects of the federal government” by promoting diversity programs….

Source: Trump administration puts federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff on leave