Canada’s justice system is in crisis, and it isn’t news

We need a reputable organization that collects data on racism, which has the legal mandate to force change in police forces. We need to legislate change, because there’s more than enough data already on what needs to be fixed. We’ve been waiting far too long for change to be made, and now we will have to legislate it.

B.C. Indigenous lawyers Shain Jackson, left, and Ardith Walpetko We'dalx Walkem talk about the discrimination and racism they face as lawyers, along with many other Indigenous lawyers, in a 25-minute YouTube video, 'But I Was Wearing A Suit,' a grassroots project put together in 2017 by a group of Indigenous lawyers, with the support of CLEBC and the Law Society of B.C.Screen capture images courtesy of But I Was Wearing A Suit

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

May 4, 2020

OTTAWA—On a snowy day in another life, I had the honour of meeting Rupert Ross. He was a Crown attorney in northern Ontario, and he was looking to retire after a long career. But not on this day. On this day, he was advocating for better social programs for Indigenous peoples so they wouldn’t en...

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