It is important to highlight that the majority of Councils were actively involved with the Project. Most Councils reported that they believe EEO has made a positive contribution to management practice and there has been a considerable range of EEO activity and strategies implemented across the Councils. These publications provide detailed information on the Project, including achievements and recommendations for the future. Mary Duncan Executive Officer, Local Government Equal Employment Opportunity Project. Here are some quotes from his speech.
Equality of opportunity is a very different thing from equality of outcome.
No, egalitarianism doesn't imply any resistance to diversity, or to exceptional success, achievement and excellence. Egalitarianism is not inconsistent with the notion of elites of various kinds -ranging from the sporting to the intellectual. The rosy expectations of the Fifties and Sixties have been dashed by the bleakness of the Nineties. Things are tighter, tougher and less certain. The increasingly obvious divisions between rich and poor call into question our comforting view of a broad middle class as the symbol of our egalitarianism.