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more info Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first. Annamie Paul, a Black woman elected head of the Green Party last October, spoke with Legault for the first time last Monday at a meeting focused on the increase in health transfers.
Paul had just participated in the anniversary commemoration The Importance Of Racism the Quebec mosque shooting. She said she wanted to relay to Legault the grievance of the organizers who demand that Legault recognize the existence of systemic racism in the province. She said she tried to convince Legault The Importance Of Racism systemic racism exists among institutions, both in Quebec and in the rest of Canada. She said Legault told her about the actions the Quebec government is taking to fight racism within the province, in particular setting up an action group that recommended 25 measures. More recently, it was the family of Joyce Echaquan, an indigenous woman who died from abuse at a Quebec hospital, and the co-founder of the Islamic Cultural Center of Quebec, Boufeldja Benabdallah, who urged Legault to recognize systemic racism. Paul said she hopes to have a chance to continue the discussion with Legault in person once the COVID restrictions are lifted.
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