A new study shows that visible minorities are not getting their fair share of Canada’s economic pie. The report shows non-whites in Canada earned 81 cents for every dollar made by Caucasians. Visible minorites were also found to have a higher unemployment rate, of 8.6 per cent in 2006 compated with 6.2 per cent for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
IS THERE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN CANADA?
January 27, 2012ARE CANADIANS RACIST?
June 13, 2011Are Canadians racist? Or to be more specific do we treat aboriginals (First Nations) as second-class citizens? In her final report as Auditor-General, Sheila Fraser enumerates a shameful picture of life in aboriginal communties. More than half the drinking water in First Nation reserves poses a health hazard. The shortage of housing has more than [...]
ARE MONTREAL POLICE RACIST?
May 13, 2011A new study by the Quebec Human Rights Commission raises some troubling questions about racial profiling by the Montreal police. In 2006 and 2007 , as police cracked down on youth gangs, nearly 40 per cent of the young people in the borough of Montreal North and and St. Michel were stopped and asked for [...]
