I want to thank you, Mr. Noormohamed, through the chair, for your advocacy and for your leadership. I have the privilege of working with many diaspora communities that have expressed the same concern in their interactions with various institutions within Public Safety. This legislation is one step among many that our government is taking to address racism in all its forms, be it systemic, direct or subconscious, by enhancing transparency and accountability in the way in which the members of these two organizations interact with Canadians.
I will say that by setting out a mechanism by which people can submit complaints, by creating an opportunity as well so that serious systemic incidents or issues can be studied thoroughly and, equally importantly, by giving the PCRC the mandate to collect and disaggregate race-based data, we can identify not only where those issues linger but whether or not we are making progress.
The way we can, I think, move in the right direction is by using that data to inform training to make sure everyone is conscious and aware of the fact that we continue to confront challenges around systemic racism, and by reducing those barriers so that everyone is treated equally and fairly and with dignity and respect.