Category: Bill C-20

Mendicino Introduces Bill to Create Independent Review Body for RCMP and CBSA

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino unveiled legislation on Tuesday to address the issue of anti-black and anti-indigenous racism in policing and the justice system by establishing an independent review body for the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). “We know that racialized and indigenous Canadians are vastly overrepresented in prisons interact more frequently with…


Mendicino Testifies on Bill That Would Create Independent Review Body for RCMP, CBSA

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino testified Tuesday on a bill that would address anti-black and anti-indigenous racism in policing and the justice system by establishing an independent review body for the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Mendicino said Bill C-20, which was tabled in the House of Commons on June 21, 2022,…