MOBILIZING MONTREALERS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

In 2018, Montreal in Action announced the launch of a petition via the Right-of-Initiative of the Montréal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities to force the City of Montreal to hold Public Consultations on Systemic Racism and Discrimination (PCSRD). Between May 1, 2018 and July 27, 2018, more than 20,000 signatures were successfully collected by 50 youth community leaders and dozens of community organizations.

On September 7, 2018, Montreal’s executive committee mandated the Office de Consultation Public de Montréal (OCPM) to hold the PCSRD and mandated Le Service de la Diversité to produce a reference document comprised of research and data about systemic racism and discrimination. Among the topics addressed during this process were: employment, entrepreneurship, public security and racial profiling, access to transportation, housing, sports and leisure, culture, media, participatory democracy, social development and poverty, and rights of religious and linguistic minorities.