There’s a common misconception that here in Canada we don’t really deal with racism. Many people believe it’s a historic issue, or that’s exclusive to the United States. However, for many in our country it is certainly a present-day reality.

Dr. Lennett J. Anderson is the pastor of EBC: The MEETing Place, located just outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia has been dealing with racism for a long time, but has more recently has been experiencing a slew of racially-targeted crimes, including a consumer racial profiling case involving one of Lennett’s congregation members.