Part of my point is that systemic discrimination has existed for a while.
We've been very blessed in this country that we have new races and cultures that come through time, and you can see it. We've always had difficulty in accepting every new group. I feel wonderful that I am a part of a government that is finally starting to try to develop a whole-of-government approach to reducing and eliminating systemic racism and discrimination.
My colleague Ms. Kwan mentioned a national action strategy, and I think we're all talking about that. We've had the black community come before us, we have talked about the indigenous community, we have had the Jewish community come before us, and we've had lots of letters from Christians saying they're discriminated against.
We have to set some priorities in a national action plan, and I know that both of you have made a series of recommendations. Could tell us what we should be prioritizing? Just to give you a little context, Ontario has put an anti-racism action plan into place. They've had to set some priorities on what to begin with.
Perhaps we'll start with our Newfoundland community and then we'll go to the Manitoba community.