
Christopher Skeete, the minister responsible for the fight against racism, speaks in the Quebec legislature, on June 1, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
A Quebec minister says he is disappointed a judge gave a Black man a reduced sentence for a drug trafficking crime due to his race.
Christopher Skeete made the comments after the judge in a Longueuil court, on the south shore of Montreal, concluded the man deserved leniency due to systemic racism.