Transport Canada has suspended six employees without pay for spreading a racist email at work more than a decade ago, following a CBC News story last year that triggered an internal investigation. 'Unconscious bias and systemic racism'The 10 Transport Canada employees who shared the email worked in aviation safety at the time — the section of Transport Canada that oversees the enforcement of Canada's "no-fly list" with airlines. Transport Canada has assigned a pair of senior executives to advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Haynes is still employed with Transport Canada and, according to the government's online directory, is the manager of Transportation Security Operations in Ottawa. "The result is six suspensions, where I'm out of Transport Canada with an impacted pension for the rest of my life.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2020 22:07 UTC