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More than 15 organizations from Montreal and elsewhere in Canada are calling on the provincial and federal governments to begin collecting race-based and socio-economic data surrounding the spread of COVID-19.
“We have a lot of groups supporting us for this,” said Fo Niemi, president of Montreal’s Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR), which is spearheading the initiative.
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“People are saying it’s long overdue; we really need it. There is no data to know how different communities are being hit by COVID-19,” Niemi said.
MONTREAL A Black Montreal man wrongfully arrested and accused of attempted murder of a police officer says he’s traumatized by the events that turned his life upside down in late January. Mamadi Fara III Camara appeared Sunday on the popular Radio-Canada talk show, “Tout le monde en parle,” with his lawyer Virginie Dufresne-Lemire […]
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Quebec will be holding an inquiry later this month into the wrongful arrest of Mamadi Camara, who was charged and detained in the attempted murder of a police officer in Parc-Extension two weeks ago.