Wong to take racism post
City council speaker Cathy Wong will take up a new executive committee role to focus on fighting racism. The formal title is “responsable de la diversité, de l’inclusion en emploi, de la langue française et de la lutte contre le racisme et la discrimination.”
The Gazette notes that Wong is about to go on maternity leave.
dwgs 06:28 on 2020-06-18 Permalink
She knew she was going on mat leave and still accepted the position?
Kate 09:51 on 2020-06-18 Permalink
Apparently so. But that’s how mat leave works – it’s not meant to interrupt your progress in your job.
dwgs 11:51 on 2020-06-18 Permalink
I’m a strong supporter of mat leave but I think time is of the essence in the anti racism movement so why accept that position if you know you won’t be around for the first 18 months or more?
Michael Black 12:09 on 2020-06-18 Permalink
Do they have many choices if they want a non-white person?
I’m assuming the pool is elected officials, rather than picking someone at random.
Kate 12:46 on 2020-06-18 Permalink
Michael Black, also elected officials with Projet, I should imagine. Which rules out Alan DeSousa and Josué Corvil. It depends where you draw the line – there are also a couple of city councillors with Arabic-sounding names but they too are with Ensemble.
dwgs, it does seem a little odd, and you are not the only person to notice this. Plante needs to be cautious though after the debacle with the soi-disant “indigenous” councillor who turned out not to be (although I’d still like to know who turned the genealogical researchers loose on her family history). We discussed her case last November on the blog.
Chris 15:04 on 2020-06-18 Permalink
>Do they have many choices if they want a non-white person?
So certain job candidates should be excluded because of their skin pigmentation?
Kate 15:08 on 2020-06-18 Permalink
Chris, you’re doing your disingenuous pose thing again. You know as well as I do how it would look if Plante put someone snow-white in charge of fighting racism.