The Senate will launch a study next week probing complaints of racism at the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC).
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Their grievance alleged that "Black and racialized employees at the CHRC face systemic anti-Black racism, sexism and systemic discrimination." The current and former employees who spoke to CBC say their health has suffered as a result of workplace discrimination. "I want to say it is about time," said Bernadeth Betchi. She was a policy adviser at the commission before being seconded to another federal department.
She and other former and current employees said such an investigation should be led by a reputable person with expertise in anti-Black racism, should examine CHRC's hiring, promotion and retention practices related to Black employees, and should make its final report public. "If the commission was able to deal with this on their own, then those grievances that were filed would not have been necessary," she said. "That suggests to many African Canadians that the commission is not in the best position to deal with this."
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