Opinion | Why Ontario needs to collect race-based health data

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Opinion: Without the collection, utilization and proper governance of race-based data, our disproportionate pain and deaths go unacknowledged, unaddressed and invisible.

We cannot afford to wait for another racial justice reckoning to reach popular discourse for change to happen.SHARE:.

We cannot afford to wait for another racial justice reckoning to reach popular discourse for change to happen.SHARE:
 

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Been saying this for over a decade! It's a well known fact that 1 drug is ok for 1 race but cause problems in others. Not to mention it doesn't even do what they is does! Problem with whites science! It groups all into 1 which does not work.

how do you know they are disproportionate?

More horrendous divisive politics from the intolerant left. If you want stats release the crime stats by race. Then perhaps certain communities will take action. We have done it the Star's way for 50+ years and look at the massive suffering it has caused.

There's no good reason why race or religion should be involved in data on health care.

Since health services are available to all, not collecting data wouldn’t hinder anyone from getting medical help. So, what practical benefit does data collection provide? It seems rather to promote perceived group inequalities when the data may not clarify root causalities.

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