Canadians deserve more than a white-bread response to racism

Hollow catchphrases and platitudes are not enough. Anti-racism efforts are a substantive issue that merit the same rigorous and nuanced debate and diligence as any other crisis facing our country.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, could take a lesson in how to respond to racism from U.S. congresswoman Ilhan Omar and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, write Erica Ifill and Amy Kishek. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and Flickr photograph by Paris Malone

Opinion

BY AMY KISHEK, ERICA IFILL

July 24, 2019

OTTAWA—“That’s not how we do things in Canada.” Are you sure about that? This was the statement our racially unsavvy prime minister gave to reporters in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s statements telling four congresswomen to “go back to where they came from,” and it’s ve...

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