Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, may I ask that the two documents we provided be part of the proceedings?

Public Safety committee  Thank you to the committee.

Public Safety committee  In Ontario, in particular, right now.... I had the honour of being part of a team that, on behalf of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, negotiated with the provincial government over 100 amendments to the Police Services Act—they haven't been proclaimed enforced, but they've been passed

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's right.

Public Safety committee  It's important that indigenous communities choose for themselves. Not everyone wants the Queen's act, and that's fair enough. There may be cultural identity protections in the legislation—I can tell you there are—but they need to be able to opt in. I'm saying to create that opt

Public Safety committee  First and foremost, Mr. Harris, you're entitled to legislate federally in terms of, obviously, the RCMP, so I would start with the RCMP. The reality is that right now there are mandatory training requirements for use of force and for training around firearms, tasers, etc. You cou

Public Safety committee  The best practice that I would emphasize is the need to cease the emphasis on being an occupying force and reinforce the community perspective. Police services need to align their values with those of community, not the opposite. You see that in indigenous policing. You need to s

Public Safety committee  This is precisely where you could involve the creation of true civilian oversight, so that it's not the police making this decision. It is a paramilitary organization that is going to go in a paramilitary direction. On the Paquet death in Toronto, Chief Saunders specifically said

Public Safety committee  I'm honoured, Ms. Khera, that you raised this. You'll notice that in my remarks, I comment that we're still challenged at the Law Society of Ontario. We still have benchers who, literally, deny the existence of systemic racism in the profession. What I would say is that, in t

Public Safety committee  If it's okay with Ms. Whitman, I can go first.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I've seen this committee's work specifically on the issues surrounding recommendations that have ended up in Bill C-3 concerning the civilian review and complaints commission. What I am left wondering, after 30 years of doing this work in policing specifically, is thi

Public Safety committee  Minister Blair will tell you that Julian Fantino would be very uncomfortable with that.

Public Safety committee  I must say that I didn't know how to switch language channels. I hope my understanding of French is good enough for me to answer you properly. I'm sorry if I got it wrong. I want to emphasize that there are a number of different kinds of mobile crisis teams. Some are actually

Public Safety committee  Thank you for asking that question. This is what I believe. I was in Thunder Bay, literally by the park where the Floyd protests were happening, and I was struck by how many people came out. I am not trying to suggest that it's one solution, but what people have difficulty with

Public Safety committee  Yes. I agree wholeheartedly with Ms. Whitman and commend her for her good work. It's really a poignant comment. In acting for a number of indigenous police services, including the largest in Canada—the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service—and the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario, I'