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Black civil servants’ $900-million proposed class action lawsuit against feds a ‘logical, natural’ next step, says NDP MP Green

'Racism is expensive. Racism costs people who face it, and in a just world, it ought to cost the people who perpetrate it,' says NDP MP Matthew Green.

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE
December 9, 2020

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‘Unprecedented’: global body looking into Canadian Human Rights Commission, potentially downgrading country’s status

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Bureaucratic efforts are just ‘diversity’ icing on a white cake

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Politicos remember Jim Carr

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Members of Black class action lawsuit call for feds to ‘come to the table with tangible actions’ after PM’s apology to No. 2 Construction Battalion

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‘There are two Liberal governments’: NDP MP Green, Black class action lawsuit lawyer cry foul over feds’ attempt to quash case

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‘Unprecedented’: global body looking into Canadian Human Rights Commission, potentially downgrading country’s status

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Canada's human rights record has never been investigated by the United Nations in more than 30 years that it has been a member state, according to Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat, which now puts this country among the ranks of nations like Russia, Iraq and Venezuela.

‘Unprecedented’: global body looking into Canadian Human Rights Commission, potentially downgrading country’s status

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Canada's human rights record has never been investigated by the United Nations in more than 30 years that it has been a member state, according to Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat, which now puts this country among the ranks of nations like Russia, Iraq and Venezuela.

Bureaucratic efforts are just ‘diversity’ icing on a white cake

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Countless hours and emotional labour have been added to the workload of many racialized federal employees for free, only for them to experience more racism.

Bureaucratic efforts are just ‘diversity’ icing on a white cake

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Countless hours and emotional labour have been added to the workload of many racialized federal employees for free, only for them to experience more racism.

Politicos remember Jim Carr

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Plus, leaders of the Black Class Action Secretariat addressed the United Nations Permanent Forum for People of African Descent in Switzerland.

Politicos remember Jim Carr

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Plus, leaders of the Black Class Action Secretariat addressed the United Nations Permanent Forum for People of African Descent in Switzerland.

Members of Black class action lawsuit call for feds to ‘come to the table with tangible actions’ after PM’s apology to No. 2 Construction Battalion

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

The apology comes in the midst of an ongoing, multi-billion dollar class-action lawsuit representing current and former Black federal public servants seeking long-term solutions to permanently address systemic racism and discrimination in the bureaucracy.

Members of Black class action lawsuit call for feds to ‘come to the table with tangible actions’ after PM’s apology to No. 2 Construction Battalion

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

The apology comes in the midst of an ongoing, multi-billion dollar class-action lawsuit representing current and former Black federal public servants seeking long-term solutions to permanently address systemic racism and discrimination in the bureaucracy.