Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Human Rights Commission points out that there was a decrease of 501 visible minorities in permanent public service jobs in 1998. Out of 28 executive positions filled from outside the public service, a grand total of zero were visible minorities.
Earlier this week the treasury board president told me that she is responding to the crisis by setting up yet another board. More bureaucracy, less action.
Why not simply hire more qualified visible minority Canadians at all levels of the public service and begin to rectify the situation today?