During a meeting with the Ontario Human Rights Commission's (OHRC) acting Chief Commissioner, I was informed that the provincial Minister responsible for Community Safety and Correctional Services (which includes Police) was planning to make an announcement the next day (June 16th) on ‘Street Checks' or what most of us have come to know as ‘Carding'.
Settling in a new country means finding a new home, literally. As they search for housing, Canadian immigrant and refugee women can face some of the biggest barriers. They often need expert advice that fits their complex needs, including their immigration status, housing affordability and eligibility requirements for specific housing programs.
In a recently-released racial profiling decision from Ontario's Divisional Court, the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC) successfully argued that actions of the Ontario's Human Rights Commission cannot be used by Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal to ignore and dismiss African Canadian perspectives on how to systemically expose and uproot racial profiling in policing.
(June 3, 2015 Opinion-Editorial submitted to Toronto Star)
By Avvy Go and Debbie Douglas
Justice Murray Sinclair is absolutely right when he declares that Reconciliation is not an Aboriginal problem. It is a Canadian problem.
Amendments to the Citizenship Act became law on June 19, 2014. The resulting changes were brought into effect at various points starting in June 2014, and continued to January 2015. The remaining changes will come into force on June 11, 2015.
The key changes coming into force on June 11, 2015:
