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2019: a report exposed systemic racial bias within the Montreal police service. Former premier François Legault consistently rejected the concept of systemic racism in the province, saying in 2020: "There's no systemic discrimination, no system in Quebec of discrimination."

2026: The allegations include officers collecting pieces of locs that had been cut from individuals' hair during police interventions to keep as "trophies," and issuing tickets to citizens solely on the basis of their ethnic background...."That's pretty much the definition of systemic racism," Radio-Canada's Patrice Roy said to Fréchette during an on-air interview on Monday.

"No," the premier replied.

While the CAQ continues to shy away from the term, the mayor of Montreal has a different take. "Absolutely, there is systemic racism, profiling every day on the streets of Montreal," said Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada.

"To tackle that, we have to tackle social biases. It starts with acknowledging that they exist."

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