It does not make any difference to progessives whether the Census is or is not carried along ethnic lines.
We need not give additional fodder to the conservatives. They want their Census , let them have it but they should clearly tell us what will be the way forward ?
The status quo is unacceptable to progressives as well conservatives.
We need to know how we will be tackling equality of opportunity v/s meritocracy or how will we be improving equality of opportunity as a means to make meritocracy more acceptable, both in the public and private sectors ?
Will we be needing a transition period à la Malaysian "Bhumiputras" or "sons of the soil" policies ? Affirmative actions ?
How do we achieve mature meritocracy - that it has yet to mature fully, with its biggest tests perhaps still over the horizon. ?
How do we ensure that we are not replacing one form of ethnic link between political power and patronage by another ?
Will we be implementing measures to discourage ethnic recruitment in the private sector also ? A heavy tax on firms that are discriminative in their recruitment ?
It is time that we start opening our pandora box and uncover some of the racial characteristics of our labour market and Mauritian society !!!
THANK YOU, MR THE CONSERVATIVES !!!
Let us have it, for once, their way because it will make it possible to take three steps forward even if we take two backwards.
Let us have it, for once, their way because it will make it possible to take three steps forward even if we take two backwards.
