(Montreal Gazette) Amnesty International is condemning Canada’s record on its treatment of First Nations peoples and minority rights and has singled out Quebec for the adoption of Bill 21.
The human rights organization’s criticisms were contained in its annual report made public on Wednesday, which examines the state of human rights in 149 countries.
When examining Indigenous rights in Canada, the organization focuses on the case of Joyce Echaquan, a First Nations woman who recorded racist and derogatory slurs being made against her by two staff members hours before she died last year in a Joliette hospital.
“Her death triggered a mobilization against racism in the health system,” the report notes.
