Canadian leaders unite to condemn anti-Black racism as protests rage cdnpoli
At an earlier press conference in Ottawa, Scheer said he was “heartbroken” over Floyd’s killing.
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs fighting a pipeline project on their traditional B.C. territory. Scheer had said at the time that many participating in protests had “no connection” to the Wet’suwet’en people. “I believe that when you’re looking at a tragic incident where a man was killed in police custody, and with all the context around the discrimination many Black people feel in the United States and indeed around the world, that all levels of government have much more to do to eliminate that... type of racism,” Scheer said.
“I believe every single Canadian, every single… human being has a right to live their life without fear of the authorities just because of the colour of their skin or their ethnic background,” he said.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, the first person of colour to lead a major federal party in Canada, also spoke with reporters in Ottawa about Floyd’s killing, saying the chilling images in that video can’t be forgotten.
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