The HPDLF’s effort to discriminate against plain old white males hit a nerve among Canadians, so they’ve reversed their edict.
Ottawa rescinds hiring ban on able-bodied white men
Deputy Minister apologizes for Public Works edict
A federal government department has cancelled a three-day-old edict that essentially banned the hiring of able-bodied white men over the next several months.
The directive had said managers at the Public Works and Government Services Department could hire only the disabled, women, aboriginal people and visible minorities until at least the end of March.
Others could be recruited solely by written permission of senior executives, said David Marshall, the Deputy Minister, in a memo circulated on Friday and reported by the National Post.
The policy was prompted in part by a sharp drop in the proportion of people from the designated groups who had been hired in recent months, but critics warned it could create a backlash against those very Canadians.
The policy was reversed in a memo issued late yesterday.
“While the measure proposed last week was short-term and not intended to be a ban on hiring individuals from non-designated groups, it could well lead to this impression,” Mr. Marshall said in a new memo.
“As such I am rescinding this measure immediately,” he said.
“Please accept my apologies.”
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