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“We have yet to experience any meaningful engagement initiated by this municipal body or the mayor or anyone in the administration,” said Leslie McCurdy, acting chair of the Black Council of Windsor-Essex, during an online meeting of city council on Monday.
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McCurdy said it’s “disingenuous, at best” that the Black Council of Windsor-Essex was listed as a consulted group on the initiative.
According to McCurdy, the municipality’s conversations with its black community have been “superficial and controlled.”
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