Our day to talk about the elimination of racism

When we talk about the elimination of racism, health care and mental health should be at the top of the list in order to atone for the sins of racism and the differential treatment for Indigenous peoples, and to fix it. We’re still waiting.

Health Minister Mark Holland, pictured Feb. 29, 2024, at a press conference to announce the government’s introduction of the Pharmacare Act. Provincial health ministers and premiers across the country should legislate the Joyce's Principal into law in order to end racism against Indigenous Peoples in Canada's health-care systems, writes Rose LeMay.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

March 18, 2024

OTTAWA—The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is on March 21. This year also marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which itself was the world’s response to human evils of the Holocaust.

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