(CBC)But not everyone thinks the goal of race data collection makes sense. Foster was hired in 2013 by the City of Ottawa to design and study a race-based data collection project for police traffic stops. WATCH | Myra Tait explains why collecting race data is sensitive:Indigenous lawyer Myra Tait says race data collection is important -- but so is data ownership. "It's not just about collecting race-based data in policing, it's really about what happens with that data," Bernard said. CBC News asked all other provinces and territories if they are planning to mandate race-based data collection for their police services.

Source: CBC News July 07, 2020 07:52 UTC