With my remaining minute, I recall, as a city councillor, taking on the process of street checks and racial profiling. Through FOIs, as a city councillor, I came across an internal memo from the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General which, under the anti-terrorism protocol, stated that street checks provided a unique opportunity for the mass collection of data.
I reference our own local Hamilton Police Service's use of Clearview. I reference many times when wrongful identity scenarios happened and the lawsuits that happened in response. I reference their constant refrain on this topic of predictive policing.
The first time I heard that was at a business planning session with the Hamilton Police. All I could think about was Minority Report and how terrifying that was as a sci-fi social commentary some 20 years ago. Here we are today.
Thank you.