Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino testified Tuesday on a bill that would address anti-black and anti-indigenous racism in policing and the justice system by establishing an independent review body for the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Mendicino said Bill C-20, which was tabled in the House of Commons on June 21, 2022, will establish the Public Complaints and Review Commission (PCRC) as an independent civilian review body for the RCMP and CBSA. He noted that the CBSA, which interacts with over 100 million people every year, is the only enforcement agency in the public safety portfolio without any external independent review.
