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Ontario Human Rights Code: Black Action Defense Committee

Black Action Defense Committee: The Toronto police services board and Chief Bill Blair are named in the complaint filed Tuesday by the Black Action Defense Committee, according to CTV. Black Action Defense is seeking a declaration that racial profiling and carding involve racial discrimination and are a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Ontario Human Rights Code and - A class action complaint has been filed with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario alleging racial profiling by Toronto police. The complaint alleges ongoing discrimination or harassment by police based on race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, citizenship, ethnic origin and age. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.