Systemic racism hearings: Quebec minister defends closed-door approach

Quebec Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil defended on Friday a decision to hold hearings on systemic racism in Quebec behind closed doors.
But that defence followed an earlier statement so confusing it later had to be corrected by the government’s communications office.
“What’s being proposed is that the testimony section of the hearings will be private,” Weil said at first. “But that doesn’t mean it won’t be public. There are a lot of public events wher