Dix says he was unaware of reports of anti-Indigenous racism in B.C. health-care system

Provincial Health Minister Adrian Dix says he had not seen reports from March, 2019, that came to light last week detailing systemic racism against Indigenous people in the B.C. health-care system.

The reports were released by Metis Nation B.C. and detailed both overt and surreptitious acts of anti-Indigenous racism.

The first, called Mapping the Harms of Anti-Indigenous Racism in the B.C. Health Care System, “was not a report that was brought to my attention,” the minister said on Monday.

The second, called Dismantling Anti-Indigenous Racism Within the Health Care System, includes 83 recommendations to get rid of racism. It is still in draft form, Dix said.

In one case — which the first report said showed inequities perpetuated by health-care institutions that ignore poverty, inadequate housing, food insecurity and other health issues — an Indigenous man was discharged from hospital after surgery with no consideration of his living conditions.

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