Stop Ethnic Hiring in Canada
Hire the best person for the job. Their skin colour has nothing to do with it.
A Manitoba restaurant recently posted a job ad looking for an “Indian Individual” to make pizza. The ad wasn’t for a cultural role or a specialty cuisine. It was for a pizza cook.
It isn’t the only case. Across Canada, more and more job ads say who should apply based on their background instead of what they can do.
That’s wrong. Hiring only people who share your ethnicity is discrimination, plain and simple. It’s already illegal under human rights law in every province. The rules are on the books, and they need to be enforced.
Canadians of every background deserve a fair shot at every job. If you think hiring by skin colour is acceptable, you’re the one with the problem.
Sign the petition to tell governments across Canada:
- Enforce the human rights laws that already ban discriminatory job ads
- Investigate employers who advertise ethnic preferences
- Make sure qualified Canadians get a fair chance, whatever their background
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