Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance: Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of Budget 2025

The federal government must continue its efforts to close the education gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, advance reconciliation through education and labour market opportunities, and collaborate with Indigenous leaders, communities, and the engineering profession to develop an effective and comprehensive strategy that supports Indigenous peoples’ access to post-secondary engi. [...] Engineers Canada asks the federal government to consider the following recommendations to leverage federal programming to increase equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in engineering: • Address cultures of exclusion by implementing the recommendations included in the Employment Equity Act Task Force Report. [...] Disregarding the regulated use of the title 'engineer' confuses the public perception of an individual’s qualifications and undermines the high level of trust the public places in the engineering profession. [...] Each engineering regulator strives to ensure that only licensed individuals can rightfully use the title 'engineer.' Engineers Canada urges the TBS to undertake a swift review of the current qualification standards to ensure the licensure of engineers in the public service. [...] 2025 Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance August 2024 Engineers Canada | Ingénieurs Canada 6 About Engineers Canada Engineers Canada is the national organization that represents the 12 provincial and territorial engineering regulators that license the more than 300,000 members of the engineering profession in Canada.