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16 McGill J.L. & Health 134 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/mcghealp16 and id is 1 raw text is: MCGILL JOURNAL OF LAW AND HEALTH ~ REVUE DE DROIT ET SANTE DE MCGILL STRUCTURAL RACISM AND INCOME-RELATED HEALTH INEQUITIES IN THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT AND ITS PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS' RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Kathleen Hammond, Katie Cheung & Noshin Ullah* Early reports in Canada indicated that the health impacts of COVID-19 would be disproportionately worse for marginalized groups due to existing health inequities. While the federal, provincial, and territor- ial governments had extensive emergency powers at their disposal, the bulk of the pan- demic response came from the provinces and territories. Despite warnings about the anticipated disparate impact of the pandem- ic, data from Ontario indicates that racial- ized populations and individuals in lower- income households were the worst hit by the Les premiers rapports au Canada ont indique que les impacts du COVID-19 sur la sante affecteraient les groupes marginalisds de fagon disproportionnde en raison des inega- litds existantes dans le domaine de la sante. Bien que les gouvernements federal, prov- inciaux et territoriaux disposent de pouvoirs d'urgence 6tendus, l'essentiel de la reponse a la pandemie est venu des provinces et des territoires. Malgr6 les avertissements concernant l'impact disparate anticip6 de la panddmie, les donndes de l'Ontario in- diquent que les populations racialisdes et * Kathleen Hammond, JD/BCL, MPhil, PhD (cantab), Assistant Profes- sor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University. Katie Cheung, MPH, JD Candidate, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University. Noshin Ullah, JD Candidate, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University © Kathleen Hammond, Katie Cheung & Noshin Ullah 2023 Citation: Kathleen Hammond, Katie Cheung & Noshin Ullah Structural Racism and Income-Related Health Inequities in the Ontario Government and its Public Health Units' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023) 15:2 McGill JL & Health 134. Reference : Kathleen Hammond, Katie Cheung & Noshin Ullah, « Structural Racism and Income-Related Health Inequities in the Ontario Government and its Public Health Units' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic » (2023) 15: 2 RD & sante McGill 134.