'Banking while Black': Ottawa man recounts 'degrading' treat

Posted: Apr 28, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 28
TD Canada Trust apologizes after Black Ottawa resident details racist treatment
CBC News Ottawa6 hours ago
1:32Keshna Spalding says he often has to deposit cheques from construction clients worth thousands of dollars. But lately, employees at a TD Bank location in Orléans have questioned those cheques or put the amounts on hold, seemingly with little reason.1:32
A Black man who says he's repeatedly experienced racism while depositing cheques at a TD Canada Trust branch in Ottawa is dismissing the bank's apology to him as hollow.
Keshna Spalding said he's been a TD customer for more than 20 years, but never had an issue until two years ago when he moved to Orléans and began using the branch on Mer-Bleue Road. There, Spalding said he's experienced "degrading" treatment that he believes is rooted in racism.   

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