Limited RCMP race-based data collection pilot could distort results, warns NDP MP Green

‘I would call on the RCMP to consider expanding this program. …[G]ive up on this idea that it’s a pilot, and make it part of the process,’ says NDP MP Matthew Green.

NDP MP Matthew Green says ‘cherry-picking’ locations could open the door to ‘a change of behaviour for a short period of time’ by the police detachments involved in the data-collection pilot project.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

January 16, 2024

NDP MP Matthew Green says the recent launch of a long-awaited RCMP pilot project to collect race-based data on interactions with the force is “welcome” news, but he’s concerned the decision to run trial collection for a year at only a few select sites—rather than acr...

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