Ms. Maynard and Mr. Bourbonniere, thank you for your opening statements and your contributions to the committee's study.
I have two questions for Ms. Maynard.
Given all of your work in this area, what would you say are the biggest gaps when it comes to access to race-based data to effectively target systemic racism in policing?
This week, three police officers in Repentigny, Quebec, were found guilty by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The city of Repentigny had to pay $35,000 to a Black teacher who was racially profiled and stopped by police. A week ago, the city of Longueuil was ordered to pay $10,000 in damages for racial profiling. Two of its police officers were also ordered to pay damages.
How do you view the role of human rights commissions and similar tribunals in situations like these? The institutions can be hard for people to access, but they can provide an additional layer of accountability, don't you think?