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Statement on COVID-19 Emergency Measures: Expanded Police Powers

We are calling on the provincial government to follow through on its recent promise to prioritize the distribution of the vaccine to all adults in high-risk communities and neighbourhoods worst hit by COVID-19. We are also calling on the provincial government to address the lack of transparency and confusion surrounding the vaccine supply, which has resulted in numerous cancellations of vaccination appointments. Finally, we are calling on the government to rescind the extension of these new police powers.

We believe that if the provincial government continues in this direction, the impact of COVID-19 on Black, Indigenous, and racialized Ontarians will last far beyond the end of the pandemic.

Read our full statement here.

The Black Legal Action Centre

Established in 2017, the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is an independent not-for-profit community legal clinic that combats individual and systemic anti-Black racism by providing free legal services, conducting research, developing public legal education materials, and engaging in test case litigation and law reform.