The war against young white males in full bloom Doug Gollins ON THE OTHER HAND ARE YOU a young white male? If so, join the French Foreign Legion because that’s going to be about your only chance of getting a job if our social engineers have their way. / * And don't think you're going to " be much better off if you're a white woman. | : "You may be looked on with favor for now, but the day will come when you will betold: “Sorry, you have the qualifications. However, we have to employ that lady over there with the brown skin.” You think I'm joking? People _thought it was unreal 15 years.ago . when I first wrote about the bud- ~ ding affirmative action racket, now , Called “employment equity.” woos. The war against ‘white males in . the job market is in full bloom. * -” In Ontario, Bob Rae's lovely left-wing government put out an ad for a job worth up to $111,000 a _ year, But the position was open _ only to aboriginals, the disabled, francophones, racial minorities and women. * “The same sort of thing i is going on federally and in B.C. In Ontario, - . though, the NDP's crass move sparked public rage and the ad had to be withdrawn. . Some people may be dimbulbs but if they are hit right in the eye with something the view changes. From the socialists’ point of view things Were made even worse when the chief honcho of the Ontario Management Board said | that. “the whites’ time would come.” ' . Like in about 15 “years, he went on, when the “wrongs” in the work- , force had been rectified. Wonderful! Something for young: Mr. White to look forward to. The ad was not an oversight, a bumble or a fumble. It was part of the grand plan. And Rae's discrimi- natory legislation stands. { On Come Au] YE FAMISHED. "926-8922 445 - 13th St., West Vancouver Ontario's Bill 79 gives the Employment Equity Commission the power to force companies to employ the people the government TELLS them to employ - in both the private and public sectors, Companies that don't obey will be fined. In keeping with Orwellian Doublespeak, this exercise is called a “voluntary program.” Meaning no quotas. Of course not. You think Harcourt and Co, are any different’? In B.C. we now have the Employment Standards Amendment Act and a new Public Service Act. They too are discrimi- natory. Glen Clark, a minister with a sense of humor, said the latter was a “merit bill” that would greatly . improve efficiency in the civil ser- vice. In fact it is another system aimed at favoring minorities and women, which is to say it is racist and anti-male. The big buzzword with the socialists and their friends the mul- ticulters is EMPOWERMENT, meaning empowerment for some and DISempowerment for others. Bending to the ever-howling trendies, even the Socreds intro- duced a restricted form of affirma- tive action. But the NDP got seri- ous about it And spies in Victoria tell me that public servants now attend a 3- Al i 172 hour “consciousness-raising” session - for which read brainwash- ing. They also get lectures from Alan Dutton, who runs the tax-sup- ported B.C. Organization to Fight Racism. Multiply 3-1/2 hours by 35,000 public service workers and you get some idea of the cost of such bilge. And bilge it is. The NDP's pro- paganda ministries - Education and Multiculturalism - have put out a pamphlet for internal use in which one headline read:“Employers need employment equity.” They do? Another stated: “Most immi- grants to B.C. bring excellent skills and experience to the labor force.”” Yeah, Like those refugees who have diplomas in welfare cheating. And like thousands of others who are illiterate even in their own lan- guages. Recently, I talked to a young chap who had done the rounds. He had taken a degree in criminology with the idea of getting into the RCMP. He passed all the tests and was then told that as a white male he was out of luck (for which the federal Tories had to be blamed). Our fame is spreading. In London’s Sunday Times Barbara Amiel wrote a column.in which she ridiculed our lunatic ways and said that Canadians’ patience is giving way to fury. Let’s hope she’s right. We have been sheep for too long. LI Coverage deserves an A Dear Editor: Why all the fuss about your grades for council members? I didn’t agree with all of the grades handed out, but for the vast majori- ty, they were as close as you can get from a reporter’s perspective. I certainly give your readers the credit to determine that the grades didn’t tell.the entire story. As far as the overall municipal coverage is concerned, the North Shore News deserves an A. It was unbiased, thoughtful and compre- hensive; well done! Finally, in your Nov. 24 editori- al that stated that Rod Clark gave Jack Loucks a “run for his money,” with just under 70% of the votes cast for his worship and the remain- der for Rod Clark, it appears that Clark was perhaps asleep at the . Starting gate. In any case, and even with a low voter turnout, Jack Loucks received a well-deserved vote of confidence. Coun. Bill Bell North Yancouver 18K Lady's 18K Lady's Bracetet 1.00 TOW reg, SE9S0 Diamond Ring AB TDW TRB Lads. 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So using Monday November 22nd to Sunday November 28th as an exaniple, here is a brief description of how | managed to squeeze in an 85 hour work week, MONDAY Started at 7am with calls to Ottawa to set up appointments for later in the week and from 9am until noon | was out looking at four possible locations for the Constituency Office. Around 1pm it was off to the airport for a 2:30pm flight to Ottawa. On the five hour flight | typed a dozen or so letters and two columns for this paper on a laptop computer. | also read a dozen or so reports from various organizations but | did not watch the movie. | checked in at my hotel at around 11pm. A thirteen hour day. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY Checked in at my Ottawa office at 137 West Block before Caucus meetings began at 68:30am. Working lunch included, breaking at 5:30pm. This gave enough time to open about 50 letters and make a number of phone calls to con- stituents each evening before din- ner. Letter opening continued after dinner plus on Wednesday there was an evening session of practice for “Question Period” from 8pm until almost f1pm. Each work day was about 15 hours. Ted White, M.P. P.O. Box 1388 1124 Lonsdale. North Vancouver V7M 241 Telephone: $80-5300 THURSDAY An early start to interview job applicants, open more mail, and continue with organization of the office. Shapping in the early after- noon for warm clothes to withstand the Ottawa winter then back to the «§ airport at 4:30pm for the 6pm flight. Arrived in Vancouver around 8:30pm after another five hours of typing and review of a large stack ef documents and reports, At home | was more mail, most of which | opened and sorted by 11:30pm. A 12 hour day, FRIDAY Caught up on the majority of the phone calls | had been unable to handle from Ottawa. Followed up on the signing of the lease for the new office, ordered the phones, and met with several people. An. evening function from 7pm until 11:30pm. A 14 hour day. THE WEEKEND Saturday and Sunday my phone seemed to ring just as much as it did during the week but in addition ° to handling calls, 1 helped with the move into the new office, caught up on letter writing and planned the following week. This took at feast 8 hours each day during the week- end. (| am not permitted to pay my wife Sue so all of her time is donat- ed but she shares the work and - she puts in almost as many hours a as | do.) IS THAT ALL? As an owner of a small business | often worked an 80 hour week so I'm not complaining. | just wanted you to have an idea what an MP does in a “typical week”. 1'll tell you more in another column.