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In <D554G5.AFJ@freenet.carleton.ca>, ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Karen Gordon) writes:
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>What I saw was long-term Canadians being pushed out of jobs and onto the
>U.I. system, while newly-arrived immigrants were guaranteed employment.
>This is 'Employment Equity'?
>
    What it also means is that immigrants are being discriminated
against on the basis of RACE and SKIN COLOR !!!
  We can have a wealthy, well educated person arrive from Hong Kong,
and receive a government job on the basis of the percentage of his
particular minority in the public service is underrepresented. Yet
we also see a poor refugee from Bosnia DENIED that government job on
the basis that their skin color is over-represented in the public
service.
  In one particular case I know of, two immigrants from England
applied for a computer programming position with the provincial
civil service, they were the same age, same qualifications, same
accent, both coming from London. Yet one scored more equity points
in the interview. Why - skin color, his father had immigrated from
Iran to England in the early 1950's. I don't know which one got the
job. What I do know, is that I find it grossly offensive that
two immigrants should be treated differently on the basis of a
slight shade in skin color.
  Employment Equity is clearly a RACIST CHARTER and must be
scrapped forthwith.
  What kind of country are we running, that we should get immigrants
here, and then let them know that their race and skin color will
be carefully scrutinized to see which are priviledged, and which are
non-priviledged citizens?