The Environmental Protection Agency said it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face an increased risk of cancer from a nearby chemical plant and that state officials have allowed air pollution to remain high and downplayed its threat.
An independent report released on Monday, October 7, 2019, has found evidence that Montreal police show "systemic bias" in conducting street checks, with people from certain racialized groups much more likely than others to be stopped.
The Senate is asking the Federal Court to protect the release of documents in a labour dispute where one of its top officials is facing racism allegations.
John Horgan has been B.C.'s premier for less than a day and already the requests are flooding in, as various groups compete to get their respective wish lists into the new government.
Maryam Herro, a young Syrian refugee, said last fall that she felt no Islamophobia in Canada despite the rise of the 'alt-right.' That's since changed.