The world on December 10, 2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma and I, as the province’s Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, issued the following joint statement: “Today marks the …
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