Racism is rearing its ugly head, and we have to call it out

Everyone needs to fight back, by calling out racism and supporting racialized candidates for jobs, political office, and opportunities, or we’ll undermine the foundations of the Canada we're striving to build.

NHL star P.K. Subban was booed by the Montreal crowd during a recent return to his former rink, despite being active in raising millions for local children’s hospitals. This is just another example of the pervasive racism on the rise, writes Andrew Caddell. Flickr photograph by Keith & Alyssa

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

November 20, 2019

OTTAWA—I was on a plane flying from Montreal to Ottawa a few weeks ago. I was sitting at the back of the plane when a young Black man came down the aisle to sit down. The flight attendant, a white man in his 50s, immediately told him not to sit in his intended seat, as it was next to his spot. “...

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