Groups urge Couillard to proceed with systemic racism hearings

QUEBEC — With the government mulling over changes, a coalition of groups fighting discrimination is urging Quebec to not cave in to political pressures and scale back or scrap hearings into systemic racism.
“It is imperative that the government of Quebec not back down, but also that it maintain its distance to ensure partisan and electoral interests not influence the work of the Quebec Human Rights Commission,” Samira Laouni said.
Laouni, co-president of the Table de concertati