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Last month, a Superior Court judge found the City of Montreal responsible for the “systemic” practice of racial profiling by its police officers. While the city agreed it should compensate victims, it still wanted to appeal the decision. Earlier this month, when the city announced its plan to appeal, CBC News …
Read More »Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante to testify in racial profiling class action
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is expected to testify Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit that claims the city hasn’t acted to combat systemic racial profiling by its police officers. The lawsuit is led by the Black Coalition of Quebec and Alexandre Lamontagne, a Black man who alleges he was brutally arrested …
Read More »Profiling Vancouver’s political parties: Fred Harding and the NPA
Talk to Fred Harding about why he should be mayor of Vancouver, and a common theme emerges. “We’ve got a distinct lack of leadership going on in the city,” he said, arguing why voters should vote for him and Non-Partisan Association (NPA) candidates on Oct. 15. “The city is lacking leadership, we’re …
Read More »Profiling Vancouver’s political parties: OneCity
It’s one party with just one councillor at the moment, but OneCity hopes for a lot more than incumbent Christine Boyle at city hall after Vancouver’s municipal election on Oct. 15. And a lot more housing. “We’d like to see gradual increase in density across the city. Not only on the …
Read More »Profiling Vancouver’s political parties: COPE
Over the decades, things have gotten progressively more crowded for Vancouver’s oldest left-wing party. Founded in 1968, the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) now competes with Vision Vancouver, the Greens, OneCity, Forward Vancouver and VOTE Socialist for support on the left side of the city’s political spectrum. But it’s the …
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