Honourable Senator Oliver: I became a senator in 1990, and since that time, there have been enormous changes in our Canadian society and Canadians have been forced to recognize the fact that White people don’t own and run a country of 33 million people anymore.
African Canadian
One on One Interview with Senator Donald Oliver
on March 13th, 2010
Supporting the Prosperity and Success of Black Entrepreneurs
When I arrived in Quebec from my native Cameroon in 1986, I sensed early on that entrepreneurship would be my path. Eager to start my own business, I naturally turned to financial institutions for initial funding. However, I quickly realized that bringing my ideas to fruition would not be as easy as I had imagined.