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Matthew Lau: Systemic racism isn’t the reason for Indigenous income gaps

Data shows education, location, and full-time work largely explain the differences — not “systemic anti-Indigenous racism”

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Given how prevalent diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has become in recent years — notably in the federal government — it’s important to state some facts.

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For example, according to the federal government’s anti-racism strategy, “Systemic anti-Indigenous racism accounts for the fact that compared to non-Indigenous People, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis experience poorer social, economic, and political outcomes than their non-Indigenous counterparts.” But according to the data, factors such as education and geography largely explain the differences in average incomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.

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