Advocates push for reform and Black Canadian justice strategy
The federal government is being urged to follow through with its commitment to develop a Black Canadian justice strategy.
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Canada’s criminal justice system is racist. We need more than apologies to fix it
Repealing all mandatory minimum sentences will lead to more justice for Black, Indigenous and racialized and other disadvantaged communities.
'A specific form of anti-Black racism': Scholars demand Canadian apology for slavery
More than a year after Canada proclaimed Aug. 1 as Emancipation Day, Black leaders and scholars are renewing their calls for Ottawa to make a formal apology for the country's history of slavery and its intergenerational harms.
The internet is full of racist content and it's seen by young people
Over half of Canadians under age 35 come across racist or prejudiced remarks about immigrants on the internet, a new survey suggests.
Lafarge fires employee after alleged 'discriminatory and hateful act'
Construction materials giant Lafarge Canada says it has fired an employee after a discriminatory and hateful act took place at a Montreal work site.
First Black candidate to run for the Conservative party leadership witnessed chat box filling with racial slurs during leadership debate
The litany of racial slurs inserted into the comments section of an online Conservative leadership debate on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, was not surprising, candidate Leslyn Lewis said the next day.
Dalhousie says its sorry for founder's racism
Dalhousie University is apologizing to the African Nova Scotian community following the publication of a report examining the racist views of the school's founder and Nova Scotia's various connections to anti-black racism and slavery.
Parti Quebecois seeks injunction to close website spreading 'racist' statements
Pawning off immigrant health care costs on the federal government and a "racist" website displaying embarrassing comments from Parti Quebecois members were some of the highlights from Day 37 of Quebec's election campaign.