Every individual is equal before and under the law... political correctness be damned

It's funny how we're told that under the law we cannot discriminate based on a number of factors. It's even funnier that people are advocating that hockey coaches and police chiefs be hired as long as they aren't unilingual anglophones. Imagine if these same people said that the next Prime Minister could be anyone other than an Asian female? How would that go over?

The challenge here for me is to NOT write a 1,500 word dissertation on the subject - one cannot, after all, be too politically incorrect in Canada. Were I go to on forever on the subject, I could be wrongly accused of being intolerant or even racist. That I am not would be largely irrelevant in the eyes of many.

Why this is, I have no idea - one of the basic fundamental freedoms we have as Canadians is freedom of speech... as long as the political correctness police or those who hang out on the left side of the political spectrum don't disagree with you. If they do, they can easily accuse you of being intolerant or racist and can even file complaints against you with (as Ezra Levant would say) kangaroo court "Human Rights" tribunals. You don't want to mess with them, as they will go after you funded with your own (seemingly unlimited) tax dollars while you have to figure out how to defend yourself.

Perhaps there is a difference between a private company (the Montreal Canadiens) and a public agency (the Ottawa Police). I use these examples as they are fairly current in today's current affairs. Full disclosure, I work for the Ottawa Police as a civilian and I'm not a big Canadiens fan as I strongly support the Ottawa Senators. I do, however, firmly believe that both these organizations should strive to hire the best available person for the job at the time where they're looking to fill a position.

After all, section fifteen of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms says: "Every individual is equal before and under the law..." Anyone and everyone should stand a fair chance at being coach of the Montreal Canadiens or Chief of the Ottawa Police - provided they're the best person for the job. Anything that excludes someone from that is discrimination, no matter how the mainstream media might want to spin it.