In his email to staff, Steven Davidson, the province’s top civil servant, apologized for racism within the civil service.

“The society we live in – its history, its culture and its institutions – has been shaped by colonialism, slavery, racism and xenophobia,” Davidson wrote.

He went on to say that this system has privileged White people while restricting opportunities for Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ+ communities.

As he points out, the OPS is one of the wokest places you can possibly work. Perhaps this is the reason why everyone in the discussion groups painted it as a racist organization. I imagine there was also a selection bias as well seeing as people who view the service as racist may have been more likely to volunteer for these groups.