Expanding opportunities for Toronto's youth was the focus of a meeting between prominent black business leaders and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday.
"Most people expressed some of their concerns, some of their struggles and some of their successes," said Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri, who helped host the event as well as a practice for youth with some members of the playoff-bound basketball team.
Ujiri told the 20 invited youth they can succeed in life even if they don't become professional athletes. Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured after the Saskatchewan hockey team's bus collided with a semi driven by a novice trucker who had blown the stop sign at a rural intersection. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen said the black leaders talked about public-private partnerships, entrepreneurship and access to money for innovation and startups.
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