If we truly want to effect change that could stop police killings of Black people, we need to have this conversation.

In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surfaces, and can cause long-term lung damage.

Perhaps in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic I missed the news that Saskatchewan is no longer a part of Canada as it appears that when it comes to unions and the right to secondary picketing at least the law of the land created by the Pepsi-Cola decision no longer applies in this province.