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End Racism at Rideau Centre of Ottawa

End Racism at Rideau Centre of Ottawa

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Joseph
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Barbara H.
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Lisa P.
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Victoria S.
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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 1 month ago
To: Ontario Parliament, Canadian House of Commons: We request the three levels of government of Canada to immediately intervene to protect Canadian Black people and other minorities in Canada from violent assault,false arrest, physical and psychological harassment, racial profiling and degrading and humiliating verbal abuse by Rideau Centre of Ottawa and such establishments. Rideau Centre of Ottawa, Canada, may as well be called "Racist Centre". Black people and other minorities are routinely accosted, insulted, assaulted, arrested and banned from the centre when they complain. We particularly urge the Government of Ontario to review and repeal the Trespass to Property Act of Ontario, which has turned out to be a weapon in the hands of racists to persecute their victims. We call each progressive consumer to sign on the petition to also personally make statement of protest by boycotting the Rideau Mall. We are urging them to please use other more tolerant, open-minded and diverse businesses in the capital region until the Rideau Centre apologizes publicly and acknowledges that their outmoded racism is shameful and unacceptable at this age and time, and above all is traumatic and has lasting damaging effects on their victims. Sincerely, The Undersigned

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Barbara Healey
7 years ago Featured

Harassing people for no reason isn't right.This sounds like a matter that really should be looked into.

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Lisa Palmer
7 years ago Featured

I had a racist incident on Sunday evening at approximately 7:pm where I was banned from Rideau Centre. They came into washroom to ban me for six months. I go there all the time and did shopping there. I know of other cases where they are racist toward Indigenous peoples. They left a non-Indigenous drunk man alone and simply one took his whiskey bottle and walked by completely not making eye contact in public once. Why not ban him and just Indigenous peoples? Why not help an Indigenous woman who was being aggressively harassed once by a non-Indigenous man I observed on another occasion? I talked to a few and know a few who work with courts and more. I will proudly stand by this petition!

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Joseph
7 years ago

These people have no respect I believe that these people should change the way that the rules have engagement should commence everybody has equal rights and also remember that indigenous people are the forefathers of this land if there’s no disrespect on our part but that should be respect for them they are the ones I brought the country together

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