Stockwell Day out as a Telus board member

VANCOUVER — After an appearance on CBC News Network’s Power & Politics program on Tuesday, in which he stupidly equated being mocked in school for wearing glasses to the experiences of Black people and other marginalized communities facing racism, former Conservative MP and Canadian Alliance party leader Stockwell Day has been forced to resign from the Telus board of directors. During his appearance on Power & Politics, Day also disputed a suggestion that systemic racism can be found in Canada. In a news release issued by Telus Wednesday afternoon, the company made the following statement: “Telus Corporation announced today that...