WHY DOES AN $81,000 GOVERNMENT JOB ASK YOUR IDENTITY FIRST?
“We will consider employees who self-declare as being a Black person, a racialized person, a person living with a disability, a First Nation, an Inuit, a Métis or a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community for this opportunity before others.”
Before others.
That is the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, advertising a records job in its Nunavut office at $81,000 a year.
Blacklock’s Reporter found it.
Nobody walked it back.
Spokesperson Alessia Bongiovanni said the Employment Equity Act permits it.
Mcgill University’s most recent equity quotas require the school to hire 34 “racialized” Canada Research Chairs, five Indigenous Canada Research Chairs and 10 “persons with disabilities.”
TRISTIN HOPPER
2 Sep 2026
Canadian mandates on race-based hiring quotas in academia have done measurable damage to the country’s research productivity, according to a new report by the Macdonald-laurier Institute.
Ever since 2017, Canadian universities have been subject to strict identity-based hiring quotas as a condition of receiving federal research funding.
In recent years, this has resulted in a regular stream of academic job postings that are explicitly barred to straight, white men. Newfoundland’s Memorial University, for instance, advertised a tranche of five new jobs in April that were open only to “women; 2SLGBTQIA+ people; Indigenous peoples; racialized persons; and persons with disabilities.”
And according to a 54-page report published Tuesday, all of this identity-based hiring has yielded a notable drop off in the amount of Canadian research being published or cited by other scholars.
“Our analysis … confirms that diversity is not merely neutral but can lower performance,” reads the conclusion of The Equity-excellence Tradeoff report.
It added, “all told, ending EDI (equity, diversity and inclusion) initiatives in Canadian research should be a top priority for any responsible government.”
The report zeroed in on the $311-million per year Canada Research Chair program, the federal research fund with the most overt strictures on identity-based hiring.
The program funds 2,285 university-based Canada Research Chairs whose salary and office expenses are covered entirely by federal grant money. For a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, for instance, schools receive $200,000 a year. For Tier 2, it’s $100,000 per year.
In return, schools must submit to federally set quotas on the race, gender and sexual characteristics of the researchers they’re allowed to hire.
According to the most recent “equity targets” published by the Government of Canada, Canada Research Chairs must be 22 per cent “racialized,” 4.9 per cent “Indigenous” and 50.9 per cent “women and gender equity-seeking groups.”
These targets take the form of regularly updated tables in which individual universities are told the precise number of Canada Research Chairs they’re required to hire in one of four “equity-deserving” groups.
Mcgill University’s most recent equity quotas, for instance, require the school to hire 34 “racialized” Canada
Research Chairs, five Indigenous Canada Research Chairs and 10 “persons with disabilities.”
The Canada Research Chair program began in 2000, but its identity mandates started only in 2017 under the oversight of then-prime minister Justin Trudeau. And in just nine years, the effect has been precipitous.
At the program’s launch, 80 per cent of Canada Research Chairs were white males. As of 2025, white males comprised just 25 per cent of the total.
Macdonald-laurier Institute analysts ranked the productivity of Canada Research Chairs both before and after the identity mandates.
What they determined was that the quantity and quality of Canada Research Chair scholarship had declined from between 10 per cent to 15 per cent, which the report attributed to the “non-meritorious appointment of less qualified Black, Indigenous, and female chairs.”
The report categorized the performance of 1,906 Canada Research Chairs by their “h-index,” a standard global measure of a scholar’s productivity and relevance.
An h-index ranks the number of papers in which a researcher is listed as an author, as well as the number of instances in which those papers have been cited by others, and then arrives at a number that is typically between one and 100.
Currently, Canada’s highest h-index belongs to Mcmaster University health researcher Gordon Guyatt. With his name on 1,715 publications and 366,582 citations, as of last count, he has an h-index of 290.
In a close second is another Mcmaster University health researcher, Salim Yusuf, with an h-index of 280.
The Macdonald-laurier Institute paper broke down the median h-index for different races of Canada Research Chairs, and found that the cohorts with the lowest research productivity are the same cohorts being given priority for academic jobs.
The average white or Asian male scholar, for instance, had an h-index of 39. For male scholars who were Black or Indigenous, meanwhile, the h-index came to 25.
There was also an h-index gap between women and men generally. Male Canada Research Chairs averaged an h-index of 38, while female scholars averaged 28.
From this, the paper concluded that the gradual replacement of high-achieving cohorts with lower-achieving ones was coming at the cost of lower quality research — at least in terms of h-index scores.
“There will be many cases in which female, Black, or Indigenous scholars will not impose a cost, but on average — underan Edidispensation in which race and sex considerations can outweigh scholarly merit — this will be the case,” it said.
As one example, the paper noted that in instances where a university took a position previously filled by a white or Asian scholar, and filled it with a Black or Indigenous hire, that’s likely to entail an “average loss of 3.2 h-index points.”
Seven years ago, the People’s Party was founded to sound the alarm.
Today, that alarm is a siren.
Canada is being erased—not by accident, but by design.
We were never meant to be a loose collection of ethnic enclaves, a patchwork of foreign cultures with no common story, no common ground, no common future.
Yet that is exactly what decades of Liberal and Conservative policy have delivered: a nation stripped of its identity, defined only by divisive dogma—radical multiculturalism, woke ideology, and the cult of diversity.
But Canada has an identity. A real one.
Built on Indigenous, French, and British foundations, and strengthened by generations of immigrants who came not to replace our heritage, but to join it.
Since the 1970s, this identity has been under attack.
Mass immigration without integration, official multiculturalism without unity, and now, the toxic spread of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) and anti-white racism—all aided and abetted by successive Liberal and Conservative governments.
If everything can be Canadian, then nothing is Canadian.
And if we continue down this path, Canada will not survive.
Quebec will leave. Alberta will go its own way. What remains may simply dissolve.
We are running out of time—and Pierre Poilievre’ Conservatives offer no vision, no courage, only pandering and a thirst for power.
This is not a drill. This is the fight for Canada’s future.
We must raise $200,000 by December 31 to fuel this fight.
We’re one-third of the way there—but we need you now.
Maxime Bernier Says Canada’s Identity is Being Erased
Seven years ago, the People’s Party was founded to sound the alarm.
Today, that alarm is a siren.
Canada is being erased—not by accident, but by design.
We were never meant to be a loose collection of ethnic enclaves, a patchwork of foreign cultures with no common story, no common ground, no common future.
Yet that is exactly what decades of Liberal and Conservative policy have delivered: a nation stripped of its identity, defined only by divisive dogma—radical multiculturalism, woke ideology, and the cult of diversity.
But Canada has an identity. A real one.
Built on Indigenous, French, and British foundations, and strengthened by generations of immigrants who came not to replace our heritage, but to join it.
Since the 1970s, this identity has been under attack.
Mass immigration without integration, official multiculturalism without unity, and now, the toxic spread of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) and anti-white racism—all aided and abetted by successive Liberal and Conservative governments.
If everything can be Canadian, then nothing is Canadian.
And if we continue down this path, Canada will not survive.
Quebec will leave. Alberta will go its own way. What remains may simply dissolve.
We are running out of time—and Pierre Poilievre’ Conservatives offer no vision, no courage, only pandering and a thirst for power.
This is not a drill. This is the fight for Canada’s future.
We must raise $200,000 by December 31 to fuel this fight.
We’re one-third of the way there—but we need you now.
Dear Dr. Saleam: I am happy to send fraternal greetings to yourself and all those attending the Australia First conference. We the European founding/settler people of Canada and Australia are in a fight for our very existence.
We are being replaced by government policy in both our countries, a not-so-slow form of White genocide. Our job opportunities, especially for our youth (our hope) are blighted by anti-White “diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.” This “diversity” ironically does not include us Europeans and our traditions, like Christmas, nor does the equally misleading “inclusion.”
But awareness and resistance is stiffening in Canada. We finally have a federal party, Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada that stands for a moratorium on immigration, which the Canada First Immigration Reform Committee has called for for 30 years.
Equally many young people are organizing themselves in small groups that carry out unannounced actions saying “White Lives Matter” or calling for “Deportation Now.” These demonstrations are quick and dramatic and then widely circulated on the social media, thus resulting in considerable impact and much reduced risk of confrontation with Antifa or self-hating White loonies.
Many of these actions fly the old Red Ensign, which I call the flag of the Real Canada. These young groups are actively discussing what many of our European colleagues are and that’s the next step to reversing the invasion — ‘re-migration” or repatriation. Paul Fromm
r.Brace for impact: DEI is flying the plane.When airlines care more about diversity than competence, passengers should start praying. Senator Babet Jul 14 United Airlines has announced that by 2030 half of its new pilots will be either women or people of colour.If you don’t understand why this is a problem, I suggest you reach for the oxygen mask!Thanks for reading Let’s Talk About It! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.SubscribedUnited are not alone in the push to replace white male pilots with quite literally anyone else!Airlines around the Western world are increasingly deciding that when you’re hurtling through a thunderstorm in a tin can at 40,000 feet, what really matters is whether the person up front ticks the right identity boxes.Don’t misunderstand me. Women and people of colour have every right to fly jets. But when airlines start announcing diversity outcomes before the training has even begun, one starts to wonder: are we recruiting the best pilots, or just the best optics?
Remind me again where the exits are!The great irony in all of this is that it does zero favours to the very groups these airlines claim to uplift.Imagine being a highly qualified black woman pilot who has worked her tail off to earn her wings, only to have passengers in a flap about whether or not she was hired to fly the plane, or fly the flag of wokeness.
Aviation is one of the few remaining places where nobody cares about your pronouns, skin colour or genitals. The only question is whether or not you have the skill required.In the cockpit, merit isn’t a luxury. It’s the minimum requirement.Call me old-fashioned, but I breathe a sigh of relief when I board an aircraft (which is often) and see that the pilot is a middle-aged white guy.Because I know for sure that the only reason he’s behind the controls is because he can fly the damn plane and he is competent. Not because he ticks a diversity box. Senator Ralph Babet.United Australia Party.Leave a comment
Senator Babet is an Australian Federal Senator, a committed advocate for freedom, and an unapologetic voice for common-sense conservatism. He is a passionate defender of Australian sovereignty, traditional values, and the right to speak the truth – no matter how unpopular it may be in the mainstream media or political establishment.Senator Babet created Let’s Talk About It as a platform to deliver unfiltered truth, bold ideas, and the real news they don’t want you to know – without censorship, spin, or corporate interference.“In an age of manufactured consent and media manipulation, telling the truth is an act of rebellion. Let’s Talk About It exists to inform, empower, and rally Australians who still believe in freedom, faith, and our way of life.” — Senator Babet
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and former Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Dan Williams stand together during the swearing in of her cabinet, in Edmonton, Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
Major municipalities should steer clear of creating drug injection sites, licensing body rub parlours and banning plastic straws, says the first municipal affairs minister from rural Alberta since January 2021.
Using terms like woke and DEI, Dan Williams said municipalities of every size and type should concentrate on services taxpayers deserve and expect.
“I want to make sure that Edmonton and Calgary are doing their jobs. There’s not a left-wing and a right-wing way to plow a road or deliver water or treat wastewater. These are just the obligations of municipalities,” he told The Macleod Gazette.
“But if they start veering into plastic straw bans and DEI policies and legalizing business licenses for brothels, then they’re way off base from the responsibility of a municipality,” said Williams, the member for Peace River and the former minister of mental health and addiction.
Urban centres receive heavy investment from the province because it makes economic sense to centralize services like specialized health care.
“We know we can’t have tertiary care and all sorts of high-level care in every rural town. But we need to make sure that these big-city centres are working for rural residents as well as urban residents,” said Williams.
The elimination of programs deemed DEI, which stands for diversity, equity and inclusion, has become a major policy thrust under the Trump presidency. Those against DEI say it discriminates against people whose identities don’t fall into certain categories, resulting in under-qualified members of minorities getting seats in universities or employment positions.
But those in favour of DEI say it helps calibrate institutions to community demographics, empower under-represented voices and perspectives, and correct an opportunity imbalance.
Edmonton and Calgary both licence body rub parlours and practitioners, escorts and exotic dancers.
Plastics bans or restrictions, meanwhile, are in place in at least eight Alberta municipalities.
If big municipalities “stay in their lanes, do their jobs and do them well, I have no interest in getting involved,” said Williams, who was first elected under the UCP banner in the 2019 general election.
“But if they’re way off in left field, making up all sorts of problems that don’t exist instead of paying attention to the urgent needs of their residents and of all Albertans as hubs, community centres and commercial centres for the entire province, then the province is going to step in.”
Calling himself the first “truly rural” MLA in the UCP’s young history to lead municipal affairs, Williams hails from the tiny hamlet of La Crête about seven hours north of Edmonton by car.
Tracy Allard of Grande Prairie was the UCP minister from August 2020 to January 2021. After her came two ministers from Calgary ridings, including Ric McIver, who recently moved to the speaker’s chair.
Williams said big cities should continue to get proper attention, but not at the expense of strategic growth in rural Alberta.
“We need to make sure our rural communities continue to compete with big centres for direct investment so they can continue to be wonderful places to raise a family, to grow a business, to play and to enjoy.”
Rural communities drive much of the economy, from resource development to agri-food to farming to forestry.
“We need to make sure they are viable and sustainable, that we have the ability to attract growth in our rural communities,” Williams said.
“That landscape is what brings so much of our advantage in Alberta, what brings us the prosperity we need. So we need to make sure that we’re planning for another century of economic boom in Alberta and creating the environment that allows for that.”
Sharing wealth is “part of the grand bargain of Alberta,” he said, with rural areas depending on city services and cities depending on the wealth from natural resources in rural areas. “We have to be able to develop those resources responsibly and thoughtfully, and you’re also going to need to invest in those communities. This is how Canada was built.”
He continued: “The idea is that we have an obligation as a society to be reasonable about how we deliver services to all corners of the country, and that includes within our province.”
Williams juxtaposed spending on a maternity and community care centre in “my hometown, way up north” with mental health supports in Medicine Hat and major urban health services like the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton.
“We know we need to have those (major health facilities) centred in our big centres, because there’s a high level of technical ability that we need to have there. But what we can reasonably have in our rural communities, we need to continue to plan for, and this government gets that.”
Premier Danielle Smith tweaked her cabinet in mid-May after the legislature elected Ric McIver to the speaker’s position. McIver, the member for Calgary-Hays, served as municipal affairs minister from January 2021 to October 2022, and again from June 2023 to May 2025.
His last stint in the ministry was marked with several controversial moves, including the removal of municipally created codes of conduct, the elimination of electronic tabulating in municipal elections, and the establishment of provisions allowing the province to revoke or revise bylaws that contravene the Constitution or provincial statues.
Critics said the government didn’t thoroughly consult municipalities before introducing many of the changes. In the case of electronic tabulation, the government was appeasing a contingent of voters aligned with Donald Trump and his unproven stolen election claims, they said.
Williams didn’t offer specifics about legislation to expect during his tenure at the helm of Municipal Affairs. Amendments and updates to the Municipal Government Act will continue, though.
“I can’t speak to anything in particular, but a big focus of mine is going to be making sure we have attractive investment climate for rural Alberta,” he reiterated.
“A big push for me is going to make sure that our big urban centres are doing their job representing their ratepayers and all Albertans by staying in their lane and doing the very important and hard work that takes to run a big international city like Edmonton or Calgary.”
George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Macleod Gazette
[Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, Canadians were regaled with stories of discrimination against Negroes in the SOUTH: they had to use their own washrooms, swimming pools and schools. Equality was the by-word. Discrimination was a horrible thing. Similar ideas were introduced into Canada. Our Charter of [Minority Special] Rights and [Majority limited] Freedoms. Insisted on equal rights. But there was a deceptive weasel clause.Discrimination was alright if it benefited special minority groups. The immigration policies of the Liberals, the Conservatives and the NDP seek the replacement of Canada’s European founding/settler people, but not just replacement, but active repression of the dwindling European people. “Employment equity” and “diversity, equity and inclusion” mean preference for minorities and increasing exclusion of Whites. Special federal subsidies to employers hiring recent immigrants (almost all from the Third World( keep wages low and expecially disadvantages young White seeking jobs. And now, the latest: the federal government — that’s YOUR tax money — is funding a swimming programme for non-Whites only. You’re the victim of discrimination in your own country and are paying for it! — Paul Fromm]
A non-profit organization supported with over $85K in federal funding is delivering race-based swimming lessons.
A non-profit organization supported with over $85K in federal funding is delivering race-based swimming lessons. Several grants have been awarded to support race-specific services, even as public support for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives appears to be declining in Canada and abroad.
Afropolitan Canada describes itself as a bilingual organization that supports lack, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) communities through education, mental health, and life skills. Many of its initiatives, including swimming lessons, outdoor education, scholarships, and youth employment opportunities, are restricted to participants based on race.
The federal government has awarded multiple grants to Afropolitan Canada. In total, the non-profit has received over $85,500 in federal grants since 2021 under the Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives, Employment and Social Development Canada, Supporting Black Canadian Communities Initiative, and Canada Summer Jobs.
In addition to race-exclusive swimming lessons, Afropolitain delivers multiple race-specific programs, including outdoor activities, tennis, and a scholarship fund. The initiatives are said to be “culturally responsive” and necessary to address what it calls equity gaps. These approaches reshape public programs like education, healthcare, mental health or justice to prioritize the cultural backgrounds of specific identity groups.
Equity, in opposition to equality, aims to eliminate gaps between groups rather than meeting the needs of individuals without regard to identity. Some proponents of equity even go so far as to reject racial colour-blindness as a form of racism. For instance, its scholarship program states that BIPOC students are more reliant on loans and as they’re more likely to be living below the poverty line. It’s unclear whether the loans are assessed based on family income or race alone.
Programs like these continue to receive grants even as public support for identity politics wanes. A 2021 Angus Reid Institute survey found that only 28% of Canadians support race-based hiring and admissions policies.
More recently, a 2025 poll by Abacus Data and the Canadian Media Producers Association revealed that 91% of Canadians believe it is important to protect Canadian culture and identity, while 58% would support a political party that promotes a unifying Canadian identity.
Despite millions invested in anti-racism strategies aimed at eliminating disparities, government data suggests that feelings of discrimination remain widespread. According to Canadian Heritage, 38% of Canadians report experiencing discrimination, rising to 50% among Indigenous people and 78% among visible minorities. This raises questions about whether identity-based interventions are achieving their goals or inadvertently exacerbating divisions.
The debate isn’t limited to Canada. An analysis of political sentiment indicates a global backlash against identity-based governance. Across Europe and North America, public frustration is mounting over programs seen as exclusionary or out of touch with material needs.
In countries like Sweden, France, and the U.S., working-class voters increasingly reject progressive identity politics in favour of more universal social policies. Canada, however, continues to expand DEI frameworks within federal funding, research-granting agencies, and community programming.
A report by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute documented the growth of DEI frameworks within Canada’s federal research granting agencies, which collectively manage nearly $4 billion in funding annually.
Supporters argue that these initiatives are corrective and time-limited, meant to close disparities caused by historical injustices. However, racial groups continue to report discrimination, while race-based eligibility for social programming ignores a multitude of other factors affecting Canadians.
When I think of transgender and intersex communities, rarely does my mind wander to places like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
If you weren’t aware, Pakistan is one of the most religiously conservative regions in the entire world. A country where women can’t even enjoy basic rights, where Christian and Hindu minorities face systemic persecution, and where LGBT individuals risk their lives.
Well, leave it to the Trudeau Liberals to funnel over $30,000 of foreign aid to prop up some nebulous gender inclusivity program to promote diversity in that region.
Nothing about it makes sense! Click here for all the details.
If you thought that money went straight into the toilet, guess how much the Liberals wasted on a campaign in Nigeria to combat open defecation?
A whopping $3,000,000!
Couldn’t this money have been better spent fighting the same exact problem in Wasaga Beach, Ontario?
It’s insane — click here for Alexa’s latest report to find out what she uncovered.
How do any of these foreign DEI projects benefit Canadians, who are already struggling to keep their heads above water as the cost-of-living crisis in this country spirals out of control?
But when it comes to foreign social engineering projects, the Liberals can always find the cash.
The priorities of this government are backwards, reckless, and totally disconnected from reality. But they don’t care — because it’s not their money, it’s yours.
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Should this perspective also apply to those who ushered in forced lock-downs, forcing compliance to unproven unqualified medical procedures – by physical and ‘legal’ force, loss of paid work due to unproven unqualified medical procedures, administering “fines” for breathing and association, seized bank accounts, higher fuel prices, beatings upon citizens engaged in lawful activity, etc., etc., etc. ? Fixed elections ?
Notice what a change in administration can do for a culture ?
Have you noticed how many companies are now rolling back their woke, tranny-pushing DEI policies since Commander Trump won the election?
All of these companies are hoping you’ll forgive and forget them for trying to ruin your life the last four years. They expect you to just let bygones be bygones. They assume you will now return to spending your hard-earned money on their products, because, after all, they’re just like you. Don’t you dare do it!
We’ve been forced to endure their hateful and racist rhetoric for four long years; we’ve been passed over for raises; job promotions, or even getting hired in the first place in favor of unqualified, low-IQ sex deviants and Affirmative Action candidates. We’ve been denied benefits and scolded in a million different ways over our “racism” and “privilege,” and now they want us to be nice and give them our money? Not a chance!
The only reason they’re abandoning these policies now is because the presidential candidate of their choice lost. Do you really think that if the man impersonating Joe Biden or that dumb bitch who pretended to be his Vice President had stolen another election that these companies would be rolling back their failed DEI policies? Absolutely not. In fact, they’d be doubling down on those policies, which tells you two things.
First, it tells you they’re cowards. If they really believed in their woke initiatives and policies, they’d keep them in place. That they’re scrapping them now just because Trump won, tells you that all they care about is joining the winning side. That’s the sign of a coward. It’s also a very feminine characteristic.
The second thing it tells you is they think you’re a fool. They think all they have to do is roll back the policies you hate, throw you a token apology, and you’ll come running back. Don’t do it. Not unless you like being played for a fool.
If you’ve been boycotting these companies, you must continue to do so. If you haven’t been boycotting these companies – and shame on you if you haven’t – then you must start immediately. That’s especially true when it comes to professional sports and anything coming from the entertainment industry – music, movies, television, etc. I suppose you can watch Dr. Phil. After all, he just helped our country’s border czar, Tom Homan, apprehend a dangerous criminal accused of sex crimes against children: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1883682412644974874
And what I said about boycotting the pedophile scum who populate the entertainment industry goes double, triple, quadruple for teachers and school officials. Say good riddance and have nothing to do with them ever again.
Now when it comes to family or friends, then obviously you can cut them some slack. The same with your co-workers and neighbors. After all, you have to live and work with them. If your neighbor is like mine, a black pill doomer with Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), then you can remain cordial with him. I remain cordial with my neighbor, although I couldn’t resist rubbing it in a little when Trump won.
My neighbor’s TDS is so strong, he actually thought that a drunk, washed-up old whore was going to win the election. He bet a small fortune on Harris. I told him not to. I told him to bet every dollar he could afford on Trump. Instead he took all the money he won in last year’s Super Bowl after I told him the game was fixed for Kansas City to win and bet it all on the whore. Some people are their own worst enemy. (By the way, it looks like Kansas City again this year.)
So it’s okay to remain cordial with people like that, even if they’re stupid like my neighbor. But not these woke corporations. They tried to cancel you. They tried to turn your children into demon-infested, homosexual trannies, and now they want you back?
To let these companies and these people off the hook, after they’ve worked overtime to make your life miserable, would be the stupidest thing ever. Not only should you continue to boycott them, you should tell everyone you know to boycott them. Boycott them into oblivion. The people running those companies are scum – human scum – and they deserve to be treated as such.
