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Peel region is a gateway to Ontario and a manufacturing hub. The region also has one of the highest COVID case rates in the country. Freelance journalist Fatima Syed joins "This Matters" to trace the story of Peel region during a pandemic, explaining how residents were neglected at every step and how this is the result of factors including racial discrimination, disparity and difference when it comes to Canada's racialized communities who bore the brunt of COVID's impacts.
Guest: Fatima Syed, Peel region-based freelance journalist and host of the upcoming Canadaland political podcast "The Backbench."
If you would like to support the journalism of the Toronto Star, you can subscribe at thestar.com/subscribingmatters.
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Peel region is a gateway to Ontario and a manufacturing hub. The region also has one of the highest COVID case rates in the country. Freelance journalist Fatima Syed joins "This Matters" to trace the story of Peel region during a pandemic, explaining how residents were neglected at every step and how this is the result of factors including racial discrimination, disparity and difference when it comes to Canada's racialized communities who bore the brunt of COVID's impacts.
Guest: Fatima Syed, Peel region-based freelance journalist and host of the upcoming Canadaland political podcast "The Backbench."
If you would like to support the journalism of the Toronto Star, you can subscribe at thestar.com/subscribingmatters.

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