Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard: 'The pandemic of racism has pushed them to the point of rage, pushed them to the point of action.' David Shepherd, an NDP MLA in Alberta, said that to deny the existence of racism in Canada is to visit a kind of violence on its victims. Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade said the problem of racism in Canada needs less talk and more action. Federal Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis said it's wrong to compare anti-black racism in Canada with the virulent version at work in the United States. "We're using that slogan to talk about the pandemic ... We need to use it when talking about the pandemic of racism.

Source: CBC News June 06, 2020 08:02 UTC