‘It’s a national security threat’: DND launches anti-Black racism initiative

The threat to recruiting posed by the bad press and reputational damage DND has suffered as a result of anti-Black racism amounts to a threat to national security, says Richard Sharpe.
DND deputy minister Jody Thomas and outgoing chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance took part in a July 27 meeting where they heard the lived experiences from those at DND who have dealt with anti-Black racism.
Addressing anti-Black racism in the ranks of the Canadian military is a matter of national security, with recent bad press likely to dampen recruitment, says the head of the Federal Black Employee Caucus. “For a long time this work has been piecemeal and people kind of do it at the corner of thei...

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