Posts tagged Frank Baylis

For the last four decades the West Island Black Community Association (WIBCA) has been an essential catalyst for fostering community development by working tirelessly to build community engagement by providing programs for the benefit of all, regardless of ethnic origin, color, gender, religion, or race, and to be integrated as a vibrant part of society. Standing on the shoulders of founders Norma Husbands and Margaret Jolly the organisation has been providing programs for all members of society from the young, young adults, middle aged and seniors. And over the past 40 years they’ve been many members of the community who …

As much as Frank Baylis wanted to walk away from active politics and return calmly to the business world navigating the medical products industry as head of the billion-dollar family business, Baylis Medical, he just couldn’t do it while witnessing people’s rights being eroded. And that’s what he sees happening here in Quebec following the passage of Bill 21, the so-called religious symbols law and the introduction of Bill 96, which overhauls and strengthens the French Charter. The former Liberal MP for Pierrefonds-Dollard says he’s troubled by what these policies ultimately represent for equality and fairness and the direction which …