Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri helped host the event as well as a practice with some members of the playoff-bound NBA team.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, and Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen, centre left, attend a basketball clinic with local youth, hosted by Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri, right, in Toronto on Saturday.Expanding opportunities for Toronto’s youth was the focus of a meeting between prominent black business leaders and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday.
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. “We heard some really good ideas in there and really good feedback on what more we can do,” he told reporters.
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