Trudeau vows to end racism in Canada The municipality will soon receive 2.2 billion in financial aid

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed on Monday (June 1) to end racial discrimination in Canada. In recent days, there have been massive protests against police brutality in several cities across the United States and Canada.

Trudeau points out that racism is not a problem unique to the United States, and that in Canada, we must also do more to address the inequalities that have long plagued black and Indigenous communities.

He added that the Government of Canada has funded black community groups to support anti-racist action and has stepped up the collection of racial data at Statistics Canada to combat discrimination and will commit to doing more.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh called the video of George Floyd's death "sad and painful." Singh believes Canadian police need more "downgrade" training so that routine police operations do not cause fatal injuries to Canadians.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said he was sad to see the video of Floyd's death.

"No one should feel unsafe around the police or feel unsafe because of the color of their skin," he said. It is the responsibility of all of us to combat acts of racism. ”

However, it is worrying that some of the protests demanding fair treatment by the police have turned violent, and looting and riots have taken the toll on many cities.

Trudeau condemned the violence, saying it did not help end calls for systematic racism.

On the other hand, Trudeau said today that local municipalities will receive $2.2 billion in aid in the coming weeks through their share of the gas tax fund.

As a result of the virtual shutdown of transport facilities and the impact on the payment of property taxes, municipalities' revenues have been declining. Canadian Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna said aid was being accelerated so that municipalities and towns around the country would soon receive the necessary funding.

Trudeau noted that municipalities everywhere are on the front lines of the fight against the pandemic, so today's funding plan is just a starting point, and the federal government knows there is still a lot of work to be done to support municipalities and support the entire reopening process.

In terms of the outbreak, as of 14:30 EST on Monday, the number of confirmed cases in the United States increased by 8,225 to 1,845,395, and the number of deaths increased by 284 to 106,479. Canada saw an increase of 700 confirmed cases to 91,647 and an increase of 30 to 7,325 deaths.