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I must state that I am writing from a position of privilege as a black African Canadian person. I am certain that any non-racialized person who tries to articulate this perspective may be called racist and that is a privilege I want to acknowledge have. The debate over the wearing or painting of faces black by white folks has been a long-standing cultural issue. There is no question that the practice has existed in various societies for centuries. There is also no question that in some societies, this practice was tailored for specific cultural purposes while in others it has been used to denigrate and mock black folks. No matter what side of the debate you are on there is some agreement that the practice has over the decades become more and more seen as negative and a mockery to black people. We have seen a vigorous attack on the practice by Anti Black racism activist and a large show of support for their activism on this issue by a large section of white liberals and cons...

The Rule of Law: The Jody Wilson Raybold & Justin Trudeau Affair - Through the Lens of Solicitor Client Relations The rule of Law is not at stake of being eroded in Canada. If anything, this is proof that the rule of law works and is robust in Canada. The system worked as we expected it to.   The Attorney general exercised her duty with integrity and the PM fought hard to protect Canadian jobs even to the point of skirting the grey areas of the law. If everyone is being honest, everyone has skirted the grey area at one point in their life or another (obviously generalizing here to make the point). We as society do not want to encourage public servants to walk the grey areas but if we are honest and we should be, it happens all the time across public and private sectors. Irrespective of people walking the grey areas, what we cherish is for the rule of law to prevail and in the SNC Lavalin case with the PM and Attorney General, the rule of law prevailed. Here is how w...