Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. First, I acknowledge that I am on the ancestral territories of the Ojibway, the Anishinaabe, and in particular the Mississaugas of the Credit. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada treaties. I am grateful to be here today. The Black Legal Action Cen

Public Safety committee  Was I?

Public Safety committee  In the States, data is collected. I can point to an example, right here in Ontario, where the collection of disaggregated data allowed for the implementation of a system that I believe will assist with the elimination of inequity. The example is in education. If you live in On

Public Safety committee  Exactly.

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry; I keep putting it on mute so I don't disturb anybody.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely, it is still an issue. At BLAC, as I said, we serve the province and we receive calls from people across the province. We receive calls regularly from people who are experiencing or have experienced racial profiling by police. Several years ago, when I was sitting as

Public Safety committee  I think I would call on the federal government to ensure data collection. We really need to know exactly what's happening. There was a recent report from CBC—today, actually, or just this week—that looks at some of the data. It shows that, for the indigenous and black communities

Public Safety committee  Okay. I'm not getting any interpretation. I am sorry. I don't speak French. I'm not getting the interpretation.

Public Safety committee  Oh, I see. Yes, okay. I'm sorry. I didn't get the interpretation. I'm very sorry about that.

Public Safety committee  I apologize.