The waves of the COVID virus have swept away thousands of Canadian businesses. Those waves have also revealed how this is a pandemic of inequity, where racialized communities and the disenfranchised are more significantly impacted. Research from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business has revealed despite a steady growth in recent years, Canadian businesses owned by Indigenous women already up against systemic barriers have fallen prey to COVID. Listen to this episode and more at “This Matters” or subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts. If you would like to support the journalism of the Toronto Star, you can subscribe at thestar.com/subscribingmatters.

Source: thestar March 08, 2021 20:33 UTC