Unfortunately, Mr. Nightingale's column will be filed in my "politically correct" folder.  In particular, I wonder if his logic works both ways regarding discrimination and/or quotas.

For example, would he advocate male quotas for female-dominated professions such as elementary school teachers, nurses or television news reporters?  Does an African-Canadian woman get "bonus" points at a job interview for filling two criteria?  A First Nations man with a handicap?  In other words, does other identification criteria have any value in choosing who to hire (religion, sexual preferences, age, birthplace, degree of family wealth, etc.)?  Imagine individuals who choose to take advantage of such criteria to get that job...who wouldn't?

Or is the private sector not interested in maximizing profit or providing staff with a fair environment for career advancement?  It may be difficult for the author to believe, but qualified staff has NO COLOUR, NO GENDER and NO MINORITY LABELS...only skills..