‘We’re past talk’: MPs call on feds to re-examine policies underpinning systemic racial inequities

'Breaking a Starbucks window is vandalism; getting tear gas in the face is violence. We must never confuse the two,' says NDP MP Matthew Green.

Demonstrators participate in the ‘Justice for Regis—Not Another Black Life’ rally and march in Toronto on May 30. Canadians have joined protests against anti-Black racism and police brutality across the country as politicians acknowledge a need for further action. Flickr photograph by Jason Hargrove

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 3, 2020

The civil unrest unfolding in the U.S. has touched a nerve in Canada, prompting a wave of largely peaceful protests in numerous cities that underscore the need for a broader re-examination of systemic inequities before racial tensions reach the level seen across the bo...

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