The premier also dodged a question about U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for the military to crack down on protesters.
Premier Doug Ford speaks at his daily press briefing at Queen's Park in Toronto on June 2, 2020.Liberal MPP Michael Coteau raised the question at the legislature, noting that Ford“I’ll ask you again: Do you believe that systemic racism and anti-Black racism is real? And if so, what are you going to do ... to combat these forms of racism?” Coteau asked.
“I was very honoured when the premier appointed me solicitor general and with that responsibility came the anti-racism directorate,” Jones said. “There is nowhere in Ontario where hate and anti-Semitism and [racism] is appropriate.” She said that Black people are “heartbroken” about Floyd’s death and noted that similar incidents have happened in Ontario. Patrick Shand, for example, was“He too said, ‘I can’t breathe.’ And moments later, he stopped struggling and he died,” Hunter said.The premier took that question and said his government has no tolerance for racism.
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