The One that Got Away: Racism at Play in St. Eustache
Many have been talking at all levels, regarding the recent job-posting situation for female orderlies at St-Eustache Hospital that stipulated candidates have “white skin.” At the governmental level the vocal marathon has been accompanied by calls for investigation, into the incident that thus far has evaded the classification of racism. According to Benoit Charette, Quebec’s newly-appointed minister responsible for fighting racism, the hospital “clearly violated the civil rights of employees who could not apply for this job offer.” He added that “we suspect … it is clearly a lack of training at the human resources level” that resulted in the …