Leslyn Lewis is the first Black candidate to run for the Conservative leadership and says she has encountered racist people during the campaign
Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis makes her opening statement at the start of the French leadership debate in Toronto on June 17, 2020.Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis says racial slurs directed at her during an online debate last night are not surprising.
Lewis is the first Black candidate to run for the Conservative leadership and says she has encountered racist people during the campaign.But she says the support from Conservatives across the country proves racist behaviour isn’t acceptable in the party.
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