Public Safety committee  Unfortunately, that's true and that's the issue. First, the communities aren't reflected within the police departments. I'm thinking specifically of Quebec. Second, they feel oppressed by the police. A Black person would be a bit of a masochist if they wanted to work, for examp

Public Safety committee  This is an interesting question. As a Black person, in all spheres of life and in all organizations, you're subject to microaggression on a daily basis. Those are the things you learn to live with, but it stays with you. It could be anything from jokes, to innuendos, to challen

Public Safety committee  Yes, absolutely. As a complaints manager, I handled complaints that were referred to us by the external committee. These complaints were investigated internally. In all honesty, I have found that police officers and RCMP members are often harsher on their own colleagues than an

Public Safety committee  As I said, there are two parts to this. The first component deals with racial profiling in all its forms. Certainly there should be a federal anti-racial profiling law that all police forces in the country would be subject to, especially when they want to obtain funding for ment

Public Safety committee  I can answer in French or English. First of all, the RCMP has been plagued by systemic racism throughout history. We can go back to the “March West”. We can go back to residential schools, Black activism in Nova Scotia in the 1960s, 911 national security and, lately, racial pro

Public Safety committee  It's a big question. First of all, there are two different processes for dealing with systemic discrimination and systemic racism. A person can go through two different processes. Number one is harassment, and the other one is if there's an issue with promotion or other things,

Public Safety committee  Clearly. Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  First of all, the model should be totally independent from the RCMP. It should be completely separate. It should be diverse in composition and should be well trained in what systemic racism is all about. Until that happens, I'm afraid those complaints will be woefully handled.

Public Safety committee  Quite frankly, I'm not aware of any. The Ontario Human Rights Commission might be the closest thing to a model, as they are able to investigate systemic racism within police agencies. They did that in North Bay, I think, with the North Bay Police Department a few years ago. They

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me to appear today. My name is Alain Babineau. I'm a law enforcement and social justice advocate. I also have over 30 years' experience with law enforcement, 28 of which were with the RCMP. I'm here this afternoon