Ottawa still crafting Black Canadian justice strategy as advocates call for reform
Kakembo said the strategy needs to include better oversight of police and courts to make sure instances of racism are properly reported and treated seriously.“If we can acknowledge that Black people are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, then I think action needs to be taken to rectify that,” she said.
“Deciding whether a case moves forward or not is up to Crown discretion,” she said. “Crowns need to be actively anti-racist in their decision to prosecute, and also be aware of referring Black accused to diversion programs and trying to resolve charges outside of the criminal justice system.”There have long been calls to improve the system, including by the Parliamentary Black Caucus.
“There is clear evidence that racial profiling is endemic in the strategies and practices used by law enforcement,” Ricardo Sunga, the head of the expert panel, said in a statement at the time. “And yet, when it comes to actually providing policies that result in meaningful outcomes, they seem to fall short.”“There needs to be a system of analysis of actually completing what the strategy sets out to complete, and an analysis for when that is completed,” she said.
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