Black communities need more than ‘Band-Aid’ funding, say advocates 

‘There has to be a faster way that these measures can support Black communities… We don’t have time,’ says Federation of Black Canadians chair Dahabo Ahmed Omer.
Thousands gathered on Parliament Hill on June 5 for a rally to call attention to anti-Black racism and police violence against Black people across Canada and the United States.
For too long Black Canadians have felt like a “broken record,” replaying the same recommendations to combat obvious inequality with only “Band-Aid money” applied to redress systemic wrongs, say Black leaders in the wake of protests across the country demanding ...

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