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A Toronto councillor raised questions at city hall on Friday about whether the municipal government had a policy of discriminating against the hiring of white men.

Mike Del Grande made the inquiry at the employee and labour relations committee after reading a column by the National Post‘s Barbara Kay entitled “Affirmative action for her, but never for him.”

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It describes the experience of a 56-year-old man who applied for three senior human resources jobs at the City of Toronto but didn’t get a call back, and lists statistics for specific departments dominated by women.

Mr. Del Grande said he wanted to know if there was “any specific policy of discrimination against white males and I just wanted that categorically stated that everybody should have an opportunity to apply and everybody should be treated fairly. It’s not to say white males need not apply.”

He added: “I’ve had it said to me about how the chamber is full of males [women make up 33% of Toronto city council] and I find that ironic because people vote for the candidate of their choice and if the candidate of their choice happens to be male, or happens to be female, so be it. I don’t think we should lament that there are more males in council simply because it got voted that way.”