OTTAWA – The Speaker of the House of Commons has condemned a “racial profiling” incident involving a group of black visitors to Parliament Hill on Feb 4 last. “The racial profiling incident cannot be condoned and must be dealt with swiftly and purposefully,” said Speaker Geoff Regan in a statement delivered in the House Tuesday. The incident happened inside […]
By Gerald V. Paul As the search continues for a new police chief, current Chief Bill Blair was caught between a rock and a hard place on the question of racial profiling and carding last Thursday at Police Headquarters. “The public is ill-served by less than full examination of what is actually happening in 31 […]
By Gerald V. Paul It seems that you cannot have a Black Canadian Forum and not talk or, in this case, get angry, over race and carding. And so it went, back and forth, as members of the Caribbean and Black community took the opportunity to hear directly from mayoralty candidates on issues at the […]
Media expose local misdeeds, miss others The Canadian media are doing a superb job covering and uncovering stories that are crucial to the functioning of a democratic society. The Toronto Star has been brilliant following and exposing matters of local concern; none more so than the disgraceful mishandling by police of the G20 Summit in […]