Liberal
Develop a Black Canadians Justice Strategy to address anti-Black racism and discrimination in the criminal justice system.
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Human Rights & Equality
Indigenous & Black Incarceration platforms
Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.We don't have any Conservative policies on Indigenous & Black Incarceration.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Indigenous & Black Incarceration.
NDP
- Start a national task force to create a plan to end over-incarceration of Black & Indigenous people.
- Address the impacts of mandatory minimums.
- Provide greater judicial discretion in sentencing.
- Develop culturally appropriate bail programmes.
- Increase restorative & community justice.
- Better integrate Gladue principles.
- Develop & implement an African Canadian Justice Strategy.
To address the chronic over-representation of Indigenous peoples and Black Canadians in the federal prison population, we will put in place a national task force to develop a roadmap to end this systemic injustice. Working alongside Indigenous communities, this approach will include addressing the discriminatory impact of mandatory minimums, providing greater judicial discretion in sentencing, developing culturally appropriate bail programs, increasing restorative and community justice programs and better integrating Gladue principles in court proceedings. We will also develop and implement an African Canadian Justice Strategy, working with Black Canadians with experience and expertise on criminal justice issues.
— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27
Green
- Expand on & codify the requirement for sentencing judges to take into account systemic & historical racism.
- Develop clear laws & guidelines aligned with R. v. Ipeelee & R. v. Gladue.
- Implement additional laws to reduce incarceration of Indigenous peoples.
- Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences.
● Expand on, and codify the requirement for sentencing judges to take into account systemic and historical racism when dealing with Indigenous persons, and the requirement that they act to reduce the impact of systemic racism.
● Develop clear laws and guidelines aligned with the principles set out by the Supreme Court in R. v. Ipeelee and R. v. Gladue, and implement additional laws to reduce incarceration of Indigenous Peoples in provincial and federal prisons.
● Implement the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that deal with justice (sections 25-40).
● Develop laws and policies aimed at providing social, housing, health, economic and educational support in order to reduce the over-policing and over-incarceration of Black and Indigenous peoples.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11
● Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences and enable courts to determine appropriate sentences based on the circumstances of each individual case and established sentencing laws and principles.
● Take steps to ensure that, where some form of incarceration is necessary, individuals are, as quickly as possible, held close to their community to allow for more effective reintegration and rehabilitation.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11