Senate Report Accuses Human Rights Commission of ‘Anti-Black Racism’

A Senate committee says there is a culture of “anti-black racism” at the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). The Senate’s Standing Committee on Human Rights’ probe, which began in May, was prompted by a set of grievances filed against the CHRC by nine of its employees. Written and in-person witness testimonies before the committee said the commission has a “toxic” workplace culture rife with “systemic discrimination,” the Senate said in its recently released report, adding that the allegations “demonstrated a crisis of confidence” in the country’s human rights system. “Canada’s human rights watchdog discriminated against populations that it’s responsible for protecting,” said Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard, deputy chair of the committee. “Workplace discrimination can have catastrophic, profound and lasting effects on employees and their families.”...