Statistics Canada ‘almost ready’ to launch consultations on effort to collect race-based data on crime

It will ultimately be up to the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and other policing partners to get buy-in from their colleagues to implement the initiative on the ground.

Statistics Canada's Jeff Latimer, pictured in July 2020, says 'it has taken a little while to clarify everybody’s roles and get things going' on the initiative, but he's 'confident' in the 'clear plan' that is now established.Screen capture via ParlVu

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BY PALAK MANGAT

February 24, 2021

Canada’s national statistics agency says consultations have yet to begin for an initiative to beef up police officers’ efforts to collect race-based crime data, more than seven months after an announcement was made. Jeff Lat...

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