Toronto Star – Premier Stephen McNeil apologized to Black and Indigenous Nova Scotians for systemic racism in the provincial justice system and said the government is committed to reform. McNeil said he putting together a restorative justice team composed of members of the Black and Indigenous communities, as well as members of government and the police, to work on ways to reform the justice system: policing, jail system, judiciary as well as “social issues underlying the criminalization of Black and Indigenous communities”.