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BCRC Weekly Update for the week of July 1, 2019
 
The Weekly Update presents information on the status, needs and priorities of the English Speaking Black Communities.
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Video showing detention of young black man by Montreal police draws criticism
CBC News. July 2, 2019.

A former RCMP officer says the amount of force a Montreal police officer used to arrest a young black man "appears to be excessive at first sight."

'Shocking' police video appears to show 'excessive use of force,' Montreal mayor says
CBC News. July 3, 2019.
Mayor Valérie Plante says the police intervention captured in a video circulating online of a young man being lifted off the ground and thrust feet first into a police cruiser has "the appearance of use of excessive force."'

Meet the new wave of Black women and nonbinary DJs mixing up the Montreal scene

CBC News. July 4, 2019.
Black women and nonbinary DJs and producers have had to carve out space in a scene that wasn't created with them in mind. Despite anti-Blackness and gender-based discrimination, they have collectively remodelled a scene that once felt alienating to them and members of their communities.

 

Quebec electoral reform could boost clout of minorities: researcher
the Montreal Gazette. July 2, 2019.
Proposed electoral reforms in Quebec could increase the influence of minority communities in government — something that was visibly absent in the internal debate leading to Bill 21, a researcher says

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