Recent protests against police brutality and anti-black racism have people and businesses in Canada and around the world paying attention to the racism in our societies.
Some of Canada’s largest corporations – including Toronto-Dominion Bank and Shopify Inc. – are speaking out about the systemic lack of diversity in this country’s business world and pledging to do better. This week on Down to Business, Nadine Spencer, president of the Black Business and Professional Association and chief executive of marketing and communications agency BrandEQ, discusses the ongoing challenges faced by Canada’s black business community and what the corporate world can do to improve access to capital and diversity at the boardroom table.
You can listen below — or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Play, where you can also subscribe to get new episodes every Wednesday morning. If you have any questions about the show, or if there are topics you want us to tackle, email us: downtobusiness@postmedia.com.
Don’t you realize that most of the spineless heads of companies will say and do anything they think is necessary to protect their precious brands. They’re told how to act and what to say by their woke HR departments. They don’t mean what they say.
But the issue is in America, who has a history of systematic racism born of Slavery - Canada actually SAVED 40,000 blacks from slavery in the USA...!!!!!
What are you? Five-year-olds?