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I don t feel safe: Black man accuses Surete du Quebec of racial profiling

A Terrebonne man is filing complaints against two Quebec provincial police officers for racial profiling, saying he was pulled over despite not violating any traffic laws.

The Gender Equity Marathon | Canadian Living

Share As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the report by the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, we reflect on its significance and note that, when it comes to gender equity, the struggle continues. On December 7, 1970, a report was tabled in the House of Commons that the media called “a bomb, already primed and ticking.” The 488-page document was loaded with research and insights that would prove very dangerous indeed a threat to a Canada in which men blindly benefited from the unpaid labour of their wives at home, a society in which legal restrictions kept women from enjoying their recently enshrined human rights.

Issues in sex-assault trials top busy winter docket for Supreme Court

Issues in sex-assault trials top busy winter docket for Supreme Court Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file . This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press A federal law protecting sexual-assault complainants from being “ambushed” in court by e-mails or notes they wrote to the accused faces a major test at the Supreme Court this winter. The law – which defence lawyers say makes it difficult to conduct an effective cross-examination – is among the biggest changes to how sexual-assault trials are conducted in the past 20 years.

In a Quebec city with repeated accusations of racial profiling, legal clinic teaches minorities their rights

  MONTREAL A legal clinic is hoping to cut down on racial profiling by teaching Repentigny s minority groups about their rights. Alain Babineau, a former RCMP officer-turned social justice advocate, is behind the project, saying the most powerful tool a Person of Colour has when stopped by police is knowing their rights. “It s really important that folks feel empowered because, automatically, there s a power imbalance with cops,” he said. Repentigny police have been criticized repeatedly in the past for allegedly racially profiling. Last year, Quebec s Human Rights Commission ruled that the city should pay $35,000 in restitution to a victim of racial profiling and implement anti-profiling training. The police force recently launched a one-year initiative aimed at making their ranks more inclusive.

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