Racialized Voices, Views and The Value of the Vote
The Paucity of Promises and Tinkering with Trust
The advance polls are in for Canada’s 44th election, with political leaders jostling for votes in a close election campaign. The voices, votes, and the matter of the rights for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour are essential, as they represent approximately 30% of Canada’s population. However, the political platforms have ignored the key issues impacting racialized communities in our Home and Native Land. The climate crisis has brought threats to our collective livelihoods, self-evident in forest fires, devastating hurricanes and glaring inequities that have been laid bare by the pandemic among non-white Canadians. The rising levels of poverty, access to affordable housing, increased homelessness, higher levels of unemployment, food insecurity, mental health, and human rights violation are matters of urgency for racialized communities.
Accordingly, racial discrimination is a prominent and critically important matter in Canadian life and throughout Canadian history. The issue of race and racism has not been a key issue of the political campaign. However, it continues to be a significant marker in the way people engage with each other and the ways they participate in Canadian society. To give context to the issue of race in The Legacy of Racism in Our ‘Home and Native Land, the…
