The Importance of Ensuring Employment Equity
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According to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, a poisoned environment refers to a workplace whose atmosphere has been tainted by racism ("Racial Harassment and Poisoned Environment," 2008, para 5).... An environment which has been tainted by racism, even if it has assumed the form of a single incident, is considered poisoned because racial tolerance has been undermined, even violated.... This means that Canadian legislature adopts an uncompromising stance towards racial discrimination in the workplace and, in so doing, attempts to ensure that workplaces remain free of the taint of racism....