'Ghetto dude' email sent by mistake

A University of Toronto honours student, who applied for a job at Queen's Park, will receive an apology from the McGuinty government, after he was referred to as a "ghetto dude" in an email from a part-time contract employee in the cabinet office.

Evon Reid applied for a position as a media analyst with the Ontario government's cabinet office, but instead of receiving a standard message confirming the receipt of the email, it read, This is the ghetto dude that I spoke to before."



A woman in the cabinet office, Aileen Siu, who sent the email said she was "multi-tasking" when she accidentally sent the email to a job-search colleague to Reid. Siu insisted her note didn't refer to anyone "outside my circle of friends.''

Tony Dean, head of the Ontario Public Service, said a sincere apology has been offered to Reid and his office will be taking appropriate steps to address Siu's conduct.