The way carding has been dealt with in Ontario is that the government has passed a regulation basically very much restricting what can happen. I think trying to deal with racism in the police force is a very complicated matter. I'm not sure it could be legislated. I think it has a lot to do with how officers are recruited, how they are trained and how police forces are managed. All those things have to change.
I think we could have a very interesting discussion about the changes that should happen, such as the fact that we should stop hiring officers at the very bottom and slowly progress them up through the system. We should have job descriptions for what they're going to do and what positions they're going to hold, just like every other organization in Canada. I think that would start to deal very considerably with racism. Similarly, hiring people from outside to be senior managers in police forces would seriously cut down on racism. As an example, if police forces hired some senior bank managers in their senior positions, there would be a major change in what was permitted on the force and what was not. Having an interior culture that never changes because everybody comes from the bottom and works their way up reinforces things like racism. That should change.
I agree that it cannot be accomplished by legislation, but it certainly can be accomplished by practice and by government leaders like you arguing that this is what should be happening. Police forces should be changing in that way.