Justin Trudeau tells Davos: tackle inequality or risk failure
by Larry Elliott and Graeme Wearden in Davos from on (#3E2XT)
Canadian prime minister says employing more women is the smart thing to do
Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has challenged leaders of the world's biggest corporations to hire more women and to tackle sexual harassment as he warned that a business-as-usual approach to tackling inequality would lead to failure for everyone.
In a keynote speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trudeau said hiring, promoting and retaining more women was the key to narrowing the "staggering" gap between rich and poor.
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