BLAC in the News: Discrimination in Toronto Housing Market
BLAC’s Interim Legal Director, Piera Savage can be found quoted in an article by the CBC discussing racism in the housing market. “Recherche de logement à Toronto : les personnes noires sont plus discriminées” In this French article there is an exploration of discrimination within the housing market against Black people. While the discrimination has […]
BLAC in Black and White: A quarterly newsletter on all things BLAC
Check out our latest newsletter for November 2023 here! Here are our previous issues which feature BLAC’s work over the past year: July 2033 May 2023 February 2023 October 2022
BLAC in the news: Extra Enforcement after Cannabis Legalization
BLAC’s Interim Executive Director, Selwyn Pieters can be found quoted in this article by the Toronto Star discussing charges for cannabis after legalization. Five years after legalization, the enforcement of cannabis-related offences continues to occur more often in lower-income, racialized neighbourhoods, according to a Star analysis of warnings and tickets issued by Toronto police. To […]