Hill security racial profiling complaint highlights need for training, systemic change, say Senators, former MP

Not recognizing an MP is ‘willful ignorance’ says former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, after NDP Qaqqaq says she was targeted by security.

In a June 15 farewell speech, NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, centre, says she was racially profiled by Hill security. Independent Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard, left, says security guards should receive more training, while former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, right, says it's an example of 'willful ignorance.'The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Photograph courtesy of Wanda Thomas Bernard

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BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR

July 5, 2021

The Parliamentary Protective Service needs frequent and mandatory sensitivity training, says one Senator following NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq’s powerful farewell speech, in which the Nunavut MP revealed feeling unsafe while on the Hill and targeted by its security.

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