Police board slams Quebec’s anti-diversity move, but says little about the force’s own problems with discrimination

But on Friday, months after receiving the report and its recommendations, instead of addressing diversity and equity problems in its own force, the board that oversees it decided to focus on diversity issues in Quebec, passing a largely symbolic motion to address the neighbouring province’s recent stance on curtailing the expression of religious beliefs.

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Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown and other Peel Police Services Board members lashed out against Quebec’s Bill 21, which limits religious expression in public life, passing a motion Friday to encourage potential candidates from the neighbouring province to apply for jobs with Peel police.

But at the same meeting, they remained largely silent when a scathing diversity audit of their own police department was addressed.

Published on June 23, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton