Friday, March 29, 2024
ADVT 
National

Quebec Human Rights Commission Urges Police To End Routine Street Checks

Darpan News Desk, 22 Nov, 2019 09:44 PM

    MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission says Montreal police must definitively end the practice of routine street checks.

     

    Commission vice-president Myrlande Pierre made the comments today to members of the city's public security committee.

     

    Pierre says police must also begin to collect reliable data when officers make arrests or stop people, in order to evaluate whether systemic biases are leading to unfounded street checks.

     

    The committee is meeting to discuss a recent report delivered by university researchers that reveals black, Arab and Indigenous people are stopped by police significantly more often than white people in Montreal.

     

    The report says black and Indigenous Montrealers are between four and five times more likely to be subjected to street checks than the rest of the population, while people of Arab descent are twice as likely to be stopped.

     

    Montreal police deputy director Marc Charbonneau says he accepts the report and his force will come up with a policy governing how officers make street checks by March 2020.

     

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Politically Motivated: Lawsuit Seeks To Quash 'Anti-Alberta' Inquiry

    Politically Motivated: Lawsuit Seeks To Quash 'Anti-Alberta' Inquiry
    EDMONTON - An environmental law firm is asking a court to strike down Alberta's inquiry into the role that foreign money has in financing the activities of charities that oppose the oilsands.

    Politically Motivated: Lawsuit Seeks To Quash 'Anti-Alberta' Inquiry

    Black Actor's Complaint Of Racial Discrimination Against Victoria Theatre To Proceed

    VANCOUVER - When Ravi Jain heard about the experience of an actor in Victoria who alleges she was denied an opportunity to audition for a role in "Les Belles-soeurs" (The Sisters-in-Law) because she is black, it was a familiar story.    

    Black Actor's Complaint Of Racial Discrimination Against Victoria Theatre To Proceed

    Inquest Jury Calls For Better B.C. Jail Policies After Inmate Fight Proves Fatal

    Inquest Jury Calls For Better B.C. Jail Policies After Inmate Fight Proves Fatal
    BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner's jury has made five recommendations in the death of a man who was attacked by another inmate at a jail in Surrey, B.C.    

    Inquest Jury Calls For Better B.C. Jail Policies After Inmate Fight Proves Fatal

    With Your Help We Can Stop A Major Increase In Catalytic Converter Theft

    On average, there are 4 catalytic converter thefts reported to the Coquitlam RCMP between August and November*. 

    With Your Help We Can Stop A Major Increase In Catalytic Converter Theft

    The Rules Are Clear: Your Licence Plates Can’t Be Obscured

    The Rules Are Clear: Your Licence Plates Can’t Be Obscured
    Your licence plates come in a pair for a reason, and the only thing between your licence plate and other traffic should be air.

    The Rules Are Clear: Your Licence Plates Can’t Be Obscured

    AbbyPD Seeking Witnesses To Arson Attempt

    AbbyPD Seeking Witnesses To Arson Attempt
    On Monday, November 18th, at approximately 10:41pm, Abbotsford Police Patrol officers were called to the 33800 block of Mayfair Ave for a report of two males pouring gasoline on a vehicle parked in a residential driveway.

    AbbyPD Seeking Witnesses To Arson Attempt