The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction hosted a discussion recently entitled Inequities Laid Bare: Responding to Challenges of COVID-19 and Beyond. We hear from some of the speakers including Michael Nurse, a Harm Reduction Outreach Worker with the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention and the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs; Mae Katt, a Nurse Practitioner and Addiction Specialist with the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation; and Lisha Di Gioacchino with the Community Addictions Peer Support Association.