OP: As if the world needed more proof that my province (Quebec) is a racist cesspool...

Joyce Echaquan death: Canada PM Trudeau decries 'worst form of racism'

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OP: This is an article about the Canadian province of Quebec, where I am from.

Quebec balked at investigating systemic racism, but some groups went ahead anyway. Here's what they found

Couillard government limited its inquiry to labour-market integration after outcry

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MONTREAL - A Quebec City university is being criticized for a questionnaire that required job candidates to reveal whether they’ve been tested for HIV, the date they last menstruated and whether they’ve been treated for cancer.

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Quebec mosque attack: 'Five dead' and many injured

President of mosque in Canada says attackers opened fire during evening prayers, killing five.

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OP: There is an update to the story I have posted below: two police officers from the 'Sureté du Québec' or SQ (i.e. the Quebec provincial police) are being charged with sexual assault against indigenous women. However 37 cases were submitted for consideration and only two resulted in charges, so what is said below still stands (i.e. see the ( Read more... )

OP: The first article below is an editorial, but I thought it was a good introduction to events in my neck of the woods which many on this comm may not have heard about.

Also, just a slight correction: a journalist's name is given as Legasse in the first source when it is actually Lagacé.
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OP: I'm from the province of Quebec, Canada, so I thought I would post this.

Quebec struggles to retain its francophone immigrants


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'Neighbour describes dog attack on woman killed in her backyard'

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When Quebec police participating in a U.N. mission in Haïti father children with Haitian women

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More aboriginal women allege abuse at hands of Quebec provincial police
Women speak out following allegations and investigation into abuse in Val-d'Or

More aboriginal women across Quebec are speaking out about what they say is physical and sexual abuse at the hands of provincial police officers.

( Trigger warning: violence and sexual assault )