Thank you, Chair. I appreciate it.
Thank you, Pam.
First and foremost, thank you to all the witnesses for the testimony. Your testimonies are extremely significant in addressing these very important and complex issues as we're looking at addressing systemic racism in policing.
Perhaps I'll continue the earlier conversation that Dr. Lashley was having on race-based data. We know that race-based data collection within policing could be extremely helpful for improving public accountability and informing police policies and practices, such as the use of force.
I'm sure you know that our government recently announced that Stats Canada will now begin to collect race-based data on victims of crime and people accused of crime. We know this is important, but can you perhaps talk a bit about the considerations we need to look at in how we use that data so that it isn't used to further reinforce racist stereotypes? How do we balance that?