Quebec Minister Disappointed After Race Considered in Reduced Sentence for Black Man

Quebec Minister Disappointed After Race Considered in Reduced Sentence for Black Man
Christopher Skeete, the minister responsible for the fight against racism, speaks in the Quebec legislature, on June 1, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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A Quebec minister says he is disappointed a judge gave a Black man a reduced sentence for a drug trafficking crime due to his race.

Christopher Skeete made the comments after the judge in a Longueuil court, on the south shore of Montreal, concluded the man deserved leniency due to systemic racism.