Immediately Remove Bureaucraps Who Abuse Their Power! Begin with David Marshall

Ban on hiring white men overturned - Nov. 22, 2005. 01:00 AM

HALIFAX—Public Works Minister Scott Brison has overturned a short-lived ban on the hiring of white men by the federal department.

Last week, the department's top bureaucrat sent a memo requiring all new hires from now until April to be "persons who are visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and women."

Bureaucrats quickly leaked the memo to the media and the subject was taken up by talk radio stations.

Yesterday, Brison announced he had rejected the policy.

Deputy minister David Marshall should be immediately removed from his position as the miscreant who issued this ridiculous memo and policy.

Bureaucraps like David Marshall are the cogs in the flaccid tyranny that has become Canadian politics. The man should be terminated from his position and forced into the private sector where the arcana of his worldview will sink him like the Edmond Fitzgerald.

It's great news that this discriminatory policy has been quashed, but troubling that the mind that formulated it is still receiving government of Canada pay cheques.

Click this e-mail link and ask that David Marshall be terminated from his position immediately.

My note to Public Works Minister Scott Brison:

Mr. Brison, I am pleased to read in the Toronto Star today that you have rescinded the short-lived discriminatory policy created by Deputy minister David Marshall, regarding the hiring freeze on any and all white men.

I am writing to ask you to follow through on this move and terminate David Marshall, as he has proven himself wholly unfit to hold his position. It's good news his wrong-headed policy has been quashed, but troublesome that the mind that would conjure such a ridiculous solution to a perceived problem is still on the public payroll. He should be asked to step down immediately, as his presence in the Department of Public Works undermines the department's integrity.

Update 11/30/2005:

Response from the Department of Public Works:

On November 18, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) issued a policy concerning a special measure to increase hiring of designated group members from outside the Public Service. While this was a short-term measure intended only to address current shortfalls in representation, it may have been perceived by some as being non-inclusive. This was not the intention.

However, as a result of the concern expressed in this regard, the Department has rescinded this special measure. We apologize for any confusion this proposed measure may have caused. PWGSC remains committed to having a representative workforce.

Working together with key federal departments and stakeholders, including the unions, PWGSC will put in place a comprehensive, long-term strategy to ensure that it is representative and inclusive.

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