Racist Employers
#106
Re: Racist Employers
Nowhere did they say they'd been in touch with the government. The two references used were "Alberta employment office" and "Canadian employment department". Doesn't anyone think maybe they shelled out money to some job placement company? They did say they've gone to great expense.... No name calling..... no name calling... I keep telling myself...
#107
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Re: Racist Employers
I work for the government at state level in Australia and it would be sooooo wrong for one of us to put a personal opinion like that in an official letter written in our capacity as an employee of the government. Its one thing thats amazed me in this thread. Surely in Canada the laws aren't so different that a government employee can use their official role to air their personal opinion - and in writing into the bargain?! We'd be in deep doodoo, and quite probably out of a job.
#108
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Re: Racist Employers
Get a life and don't be so bitter. As I found on my own Caniversary thread on employment members are very quick here to start judging the honesty of newbies rather than listen to what they have to say. There were a couple on that thread who implied that because events had not happened to them then I must be dishonest but I didn't bite the bullet. Just because you have not witnessed something first hand does not mean it does not happen. It may of not happened when you immigrated but things change.
Last edited by Lychee; Apr 26th 2015 at 1:25 am.
#109
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Re: Racist Employers
agreed lychee.
#111
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Re: Racist Employers
The words defensive and angry did come to mind re: some of the refutations.
I do agree that the letter sounds inauthentic, but the whole thread got messed up with the overly aggressive attacks, so it's all a puddle now. Had enoguh - bedtime.
I do agree that the letter sounds inauthentic, but the whole thread got messed up with the overly aggressive attacks, so it's all a puddle now. Had enoguh - bedtime.
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Re: Racist Employers
Nowhere did they say they'd been in touch with the government. The two references used were "Alberta employment office" and "Canadian employment department". Doesn't anyone think maybe they shelled out money to some job placement company? They did say they've gone to great expense.... No name calling..... no name calling... I keep telling myself...
I take what I said above back - typical cynicism and distrust, like most of the people around me.
Sorry, OP.
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Re: Racist Employers
And I do know what ethnic means and we are all part at least one ethnic group, my query was with where yiou said are you an ethnic or do you use a foreign name? I've just never heard anyone called 'an ethnic' before. 'Part of a particular ethnic group' yes, but 'an ethnic' no.
Maybe its a Canadian phrase?
#114
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Re: Racist Employers
Use of the word as an adjective is definitely more common
#117
Re: Racist Employers
As with many things in Canada, I think we're about 15-20 years behind the UK - economically, culturally, socially. At the same time this means there is a level of naivety you don't really get in the UK any more. I just haven't heard of racism being such a big deal here. Almost everyone is from somewhere else by one two or three generations. With such a mix of backgrounds, cultures and ethnic foundations, there doesn't seem to be much room for the race card to hold much water. I would imagine here on the Island isn't entirely representative of all of Canada, but I can honestly say I haven't witnessed racism on anything like the scale it is/was practiced in Europe.
For the OP, get the PR visa in place, come for an exploratory recce and I'm pretty confident you'll find the job opportunities are more likely to present themselves. If it's really what you want, I hope you make it.
For the OP, get the PR visa in place, come for an exploratory recce and I'm pretty confident you'll find the job opportunities are more likely to present themselves. If it's really what you want, I hope you make it.
#118
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Re: Racist Employers
As with many things in Canada, I think we're about 15-20 years behind the UK ... At the same time this means there is a level of naivety you don't really get in the UK any more. ... but I can honestly say I haven't witnessed racism on anything like the scale it is/was practiced in Europe.
#119
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Re: Racist Employers
As with many things in Canada, I think we're about 15-20 years behind the UK - economically, culturally, socially. At the same time this means there is a level of naivety you don't really get in the UK any more. I just haven't heard of racism being such a big deal here. Almost everyone is from somewhere else by one two or three generations. With such a mix of backgrounds, cultures and ethnic foundations, there doesn't seem to be much room for the race card to hold much water. I would imagine here on the Island isn't entirely representative of all of Canada, but I can honestly say I haven't witnessed racism on anything like the scale it is/was practiced in Europe.
For the OP, get the PR visa in place, come for an exploratory recce and I'm pretty confident you'll find the job opportunities are more likely to present themselves. If it's really what you want, I hope you make it.
For the OP, get the PR visa in place, come for an exploratory recce and I'm pretty confident you'll find the job opportunities are more likely to present themselves. If it's really what you want, I hope you make it.
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Re: Racist Employers
Same in Canada, I have never in 20+years here had a govt employee give a personal opinion verbally, let alone in writing. There is considerable reservation (as in reserved, not racist to non-Europeans living on land claimed as ancestral homelands. in all govt correspondence, by the book communications. I would find it hard to fathom any business giving open opinions either, especially in this day and age of human rights tribunals and P.C.
I had a long discussion with an (Government) Employment Assistance Department associate. She told me, in no uncertain terms that I was very unlikely to ever get a job again for the following reasons:
1) Too old, employers want college leavers they can train
2) Hearing impaired - employers would be put off thinking they would have to supply me with specialist equipment (not true)
3) No recent educational certification and
4) Immigrant with only a small amount of Canadian employment experience.
Had I had it in writing I would have had no hesitation in reporting her to Human Rights as they were discriminatory statements.