‘The trust has been broken’: accountability for racism in PCO requires resignations, says Black Class Action lead Thompson

The Privy Council Office can't be relied on to get its own affairs in order after a damning internal report detailing a culture of racism and workplace discrimination, says a coalition of federal employees and civil society groups.

Black Class Action Secretariat CEO Nicholas Marcus Thompson addresses an Emancipation Day rally calling for action on workplace discrimination within the PCO on Aug. 1 at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

August 7, 2024

As Canada recognized Emancipation Day last week, commemorating the 1834 abolition of slavery across the British Empire, a coalition of Black public service employees and their union allies marched to the steps of the Privy Council Office demanding “accountability and resig...

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