Golden Opportunity Coming For White, Anglo-saxon, Un-hyphenated Canadians

When we become a minority we will garner the fruits of the "privileged" tree. People will not be able to criticize my actions or words without becoming involved with the HRC, we will get government grants to promote our whiteness, we will be able to break the law with impunity and it will be called civil obedience, etc.

City has an historic chance TheStar.com - Opinion - City has an historic chance

September 04, 2008

Re:Rash of retirements leaves city scrambling,

Sept. 2

This is an excellent opportunity for the City to ensure its workforce reflects the racial composition of Toronto. With the impending retirment of 25 per cent of its current workers over the next seven years, the City's leadership ought to develop and implement a credible employment equity plan.

Visible minorities make up 47 per cent of the city's population, and that is projected to grow to 50 per cent by 2017. They are poorly represented in the City's higher job classifications. It is not enough to trumpet and celebrate the diversity of Toronto. Equitable access to employment opportunities is.

The racialization of poverty has become a glaring reality in Toronto. An employment equity plan with targets, timelines and backed by adequate resources could help reduce the rate of poverty for post-secondary educated and other non-white Torontonians. If we miss this chance to make the faces of the City's workers look like those on the streets of Toronto, the principle of equity would ring hollow in the halls of this municipal government.

Ajamu Nangwaya, Toronto