To the uninitiated, Canada may have a reputation for friendly and folksy charm. For Black and Indigenous peoples of the 'Great White North,' this veneer belies a white supremacy as vicious as anywhere else. Since 2020, Black Class Action Secretariat has fought to take the federal government to task for rampant and systemic discrimination. The class action lawsuit seeks damages of $2.5 billion. Nicholas Marcus Thompson joins The Real News for a far-ranging discussion on the long history of anti-Black racism in Canada, as well as the efforts of Black Class Action to affect change through organization.

Nicholas Marcus Thompson is a Trinidadian-Canadian social justice advocate and union leader.

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