Public Safety Canada is challenging in Federal Court the decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) recognizing the financial discrimination suffered by Indigenous police services.
Issued on January 31, this decision is the result of a complaint filed in 2016 by the head of the Mashteuiatsh community, in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Gilbert Dominique.
The Tribunal recognized that the First Nations Policing Program (FNPP), administered by Public Safety Canada, does not cover the costs of Aboriginal police services so that they can provide the minimum service.
In a press release sent to the media on Tuesday, Chief Dominique lamented that Public Safety Canada opposed the Tribunal’s ruling.
” Through this challenge, the Ministry of Public Security continues to deny the truth and fails in its duty to combat discrimination and systematic racism. “
This dispute […] contradicts the goals of the reconciliation, which is now rooted in the federal legislative procedure through the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and has led Indigenous peoples to believe that these rules and principles are not taken seriously.will we read in the press release.
I ask you to accept the decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal […] and to stop the application for judicial review filed in Federal Court. Failure to do so will perpetuate discriminationGilbert Dominique also wrote in a letter sent to the Canadian Minister of Public Security, Marco Mendicino.
Public Safety Canada did not immediately respond to questions from Indigenous Spaces.
Source: Radio-Canada
