New bill a good first step, but more needed to crack down on justice-system racism

Justice Minister David Lametti, pictured in Ottawa on Dec. 8, 2020, tabled Bill C-22 on Feb. 18.
It took a massive worldwide movement condemning police brutality for Canada to finally pay attention to what Black and Indigenous people in this country have been saying forever: we have a problem. After making commitments to address the previous Conservative government’s “tough on crime” edi...

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