Posted: Mar 17, 2021 5:00 AM AT | Last Updated: March 17
Brandon Rolle is a managing lawyer with Nova Scotia Legal Aid, which pushed to get impact of race and culture assessments used in court.(Nova Scotia Legal Aid)
The federal government is adopting a pioneering Nova Scotia program aimed at ensuring Black offenders receive a fair sentence in criminal court.
Ottawa plans to spend a total of $8.2 million to fund reports called impact of race and culture assessments or IRCAs. The reports aim to help judges consider how systemic racism contributes to people s interactions with the justice system. The federal government made the announcement in its fall 2020 economic statement.