Systemic racism hearings are necessary, will go ahead, Kathleen Weil says

QUEBEC — Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil is defending the government’s hearings into systemic racism despite the controversy swirling around the process and calls for it to be scrapped.
“It’s launched,” Weil told reporters Wednesday. “It’s an absolutely necessary exercise. You can talk to your neighbours, friends, colleagues.
“There’s always somebody who has lived it (racism). Everybody knows it’s a reality. Yes, we have strategies a