Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $120
0%  
Woo hoo!! 3rd Qtr 2025 FReepathon is now underway!!

Keyword: banhiring

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • White males need not apply

    11/19/2005 7:16:56 PM PST · by nukehollywood · 27 replies · 1,244+ views
    National Post ^ | November 19, 2005 | Tom Blackwell
    White males need not apply Internal e-mail reveals hiring ban at Public Works Tom Blackwell National Post Saturday, November 19, 2005 A major federal department has temporarily banned the hiring of able-bodied white men in an unusual move critics say could spark a backlash against the very disadvantaged groups it is meant to help. Managers in the Public Works department must hire only visible minorities, women, aboriginals and the disabled, except with written permission from their superiors, David Marshall, the deputy minister, ordered in an e-mail circulated yesterday. The policy, designed to address shortfalls in the department's employment-equity goals, will...