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DA/DT: Thousands of Royal Bank employees to display Rainbow Triangle on workdesks (Homosexual Advocacy)

by Judi McLeod, Canadafreepress.com
September 24, 2004

Tens of thousands of Royal Bank Canada employees are being asked by bank management to display the Rainbow Triangle on their work desks. In early September, RBC employees arrived at the office to find the directive on their PCs. "The RBC Safe Space (program) is a visible, non-threatening way to show that your desk, cubicle or office is a "safe place" for gay men, bisexuals, transgendered and lesbians," employees were told in the first edition of the bank's online newsletter, Rainbow Space. -colossal money waste alert !

The Safe Space Program, introduced within Service Delivery Central Canada, "highlights the importance of sexual preference as one of RBC's diversity elements."

Of the Royal Bank's 60,000 global employees, roughly half are Canadian.

As far as is known, RBC is the first corporate source directing employees to display the Rainbow Triangle in the workplace.

"The Safe Space Program is a voluntary program that is designed to provide a non-threatening way for employees to send the message that homophobia and hostility will not be tolerated within RBC," states Rainbow Space newsletter.

While bank management claims displaying Rainbow Triangle stickers is voluntary, the inference taken from the request is that not showing the sticker could lead to hostility, demotion or job loss. In the wake of Canada's Bill C-250, which includes sexual orientation in anti-hate legislation, there's also the threat of a two-year prison term.


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