Trudeau said a look at the distribution of COVID-19 cases in large cities such as Toronto and Montreal shows that black people have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s planning to push provincial premiers to equip police with body-worn cameras as a rapid, substantive solution to allegations of racism and brutality.
“The challenges that I’ve heard are more logistical and economic concerns about remote areas, and the way those cameras would work,” Trudeau said Monday.Trudeau says he raised the issue with RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki in a call Monday and he’ll pursue it with the provincial premiers later in the week.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said removing funding from the RCMP because of allegations of racism and brutality won’t make Canadians any safer. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, who is a former Toronto police chief, said in a tweet that the government is “deeply concerned” by the Alberta allegations, which were made Saturday by Athabasca Chipewyan Chief Allan Adam.
Trudeau’s remarks about body-worn cameras came after he attended a massive rally in the nation’s capital on Friday in memory of George Floyd, a black man in Minnesota, who died while in police custody.
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