Canada’s human rights system faces a “crisis of confidence” after racialized employees blew the whistle on anti-Black racism at the Canadian Human Rights Commission, a Senate committee warns.
The standing Senate committee on human rights is calling on the federal government to commission an independent review of the conditions Black, Indigenous and racialized employees at the commission face, and to undertake a comprehensive review of Canada’s human rights laws.
The Senate committee’s study of the matter was launched after CBC reported the Canadian government had concluded the commission discriminated against some of its employees.
“We’re not talking about a minor issue here. This is major,” said
