Feds Spent Over $177,000 in Search of Minority Appointees to Fill Deputy Minister Roles: Documents

Feds Spent Over $177,000 in Search of Minority Appointees to Fill Deputy Minister Roles: Documents
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Isaac Teo
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The central department of the federal government spent nearly $180,000 searching for black and indigenous appointees to fill roles as deputy ministers, yet the process resulted in few interested candidates, according to government records.

The records, obtained through Access to Information by Blacklock’s Reporter, noted that the Privy Council Office had paid corporate headhunters a total of $177,458 to search for potential black and indigenous candidates to fill the roles across federal departments.