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Workers of colour, not ‘visible minority’
0 Comments | Posted by admin in Constitution, Human rights
Delegates voted for a constitutional change that means the OFL will no longer use the term, ‘visible minority’, and will instead refer to ‘workers of colour’.
The OFL executive board recommended the change. The United Nations said in 2007 that Canada’s use of the term, ‘visible minorities’ may be discriminatory.
The OFL’s 2007 convention decided to review [...]


