Black Caucus still waiting for government action on racial justice

Prorogued or not, Independent Senator Rosemary Moodie says the government has 'had months to respond in a substantive way and any continued delay should not be wholly blamed on prorogation.'

NDP MP Matthew Green, Liberal MP Greg Fergus, chair of the Black Parliamentary Caucus, Senator Mobina Jaffer, and Senator Rosemary Moodie issued a declaration in early June, calling on the government to address anti-Black racism. The government has yet to offer an update on its progress in responding to those calls. The Hill Times, Senate of Canada photographs

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

August 24, 2020

As the end of summer approaches, members of the Black Parliamentary Caucus say they are still waiting to see how the government will act on their call for racial justice reforms, released in June after protests against anti-Black racism swept the world following the k...

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