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"The government-funded report on the experiences of Black public servants in the senior ranks of government — obtained by CBC News — includes first-hand accounts of racist remarks, harassment, intimidation and threats that have harmed the mental health of public servants, especially Black women.

'Crucially, Black women detailed workplace conflicts so severe that they led to chronic depression, the use of antidepressant medications, and suicide attempts,' the report says."

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An internal report on workplace racism and harassment at the highest levels of the federal public service shows that not even the federal government’s top executives are immune from the problem.

We don't have to look any further than the racism exhibited by some of the British Columbia Conservative candidates in the recent provincial election.

"90% of Indigenous people use drugs." BC Conservative candidate Maria Sapozhnikov who garnished over 9,000 votes. 9000 British Columbians who agree with her views.

https://epaper.vancouversun.com/article/281621015824928

Brent Chapman won 12,465 votes from people in Surrey, British Columbia who agree with his view of Palestinian Canadians.

"Chapman referred to Palestinians as 'inbred walking, talking, breathing time bombs.' Another showed him sharing an article on 'Muslim inbreeding,'"

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A B.C. Conservative candidate whose campaign was mired by controversies in the days before the provincial election has won the Surrey South riding.

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