Canada Has Long Had Laws Against ‘Systemic Racism,’ Study Says

Canada's provincial and territorial flags flutter in the breeze in downtown Ottawa on June 28, 2024. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

It was back in 1913 that Prince Edward Island passed the first bill in Canada to prohibit discrimination, says a new study by the Aristotle Foundation public policy think tank.

The bill said treatment for tuberculosis victims must be administered without regard for “class, creed or nationality.”