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When Joyce Echaquan recorded her shocking deathbed video while being taunted by staff at a Joliette hospital last fall, she exposed the full extent of systemic racism in Quebec and Canada.
It had long been apparent in the police force, where street checks for driving, laughing or taking out the garbage while Black have piled up anecdotally over the years until statistics finally confirmed the trend. It had been evident in the hiring practices of public institutions, where only a fraction of city blue-collar workers or provincial bureaucrats or firefighters, come from minority backgrounds, even in diverse Montreal.
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Quebec Premier Francois Legault has enlisted his environment minister to spearhead the fight against racism in the province, naming Benoit Charette to t.
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