In the controversy at uOttawa, the Legault government saw an opportunity to push back against progressive anti-racism. "I am convinced my wife died because systemic racism contaminated the Joliette hospital," said Echaquan's husband, Carol Dubé. The day after the election, one prominent conservative nationalist remarked "francophone Quebec has just reclaimed its state." And the Bloc Québécois, too, has acknowledged that systemic racism exists, at least in terms of Ottawa's treatment of Indigenous people. Other recent polls suggest an overwhelming majority of Quebecers believe Indigenous people in the province are also the subject of systemic racism.

Source: CBC News October 22, 2020 23:03 UTC