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Racial Profiling Cases in Canada

Racial Profiling Cases in Canada. Positive Findings 2005-2010. 2010. Pieters v. Peel Law Association , [2010] HRTO 2411 Human rights case Black lawyers asked to provide identification Phipps v. Toronto Police Service , [2010] 325 D.L.R. (4 th ) 701 (Ont. Div. Ct.) Human rights case

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Racial Profiling Cases in Canada

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  1. Racial Profiling Cases in Canada Positive Findings 2005-2010

  2. 2010 • Pieters v. Peel Law Association, [2010] HRTO 2411 • Human rights case • Black lawyers asked to provide identification • Phipps v. Toronto Police Service, [2010] 325 D.L.R. (4th) 701 (Ont. Div. Ct.) • Human rights case • R. v. Faqi, [2010] A.J. No. 558 (P.C.) • Entrapment case

  3. 2010 • R. v. Moran, [2010] O.J. No. 1356 (S.C.J.) • Section 9 and suspect description case • ”I would further observe that even if the descriptor "Hispanic" could be classified as an identifiable characteristic, it would not amount to much more than an attempt to racially profile individuals who were found to be driving very early one Sunday morning in the GTA, something which should be assiduously avoided in this ethnically diverse city.” • R. v. Huang, [2010] B.C.J. No. 2627 (P.C.) • Section 9 and Driving while Asian • Kinexus Bionformatics Corp. v. Asad, [2010] B.C.J. No. 35 (B.C.J.) • Human Rights Case • Employment and 9/11 profiling

  4. 2009/2008 • R. v. Ahmed (2009), 72 C.R. (6th) 187 (Ont. S.C.J.) • DWB and Section 9 • “Guilty of Racial Profiling, Montreal Ordered to Pay Victims” Montreal Gazette (18 January 2008) (Quebec Human Rights Commission) - sitting on a fence while Black - 4 cases

  5. 2007/2006 • Nassiah v. Peel (Regional Municipality) Services Board,[2007] OHRTD No. 14 • Human rights case • Shopping while Black case • R. v. Nguyen, [2006] O.J. No. 1221 (C.J.) • Section 8 and marijuana grow-op case • R. v. Nguyen, [2006] O.J. No. 272 (S.C.J.) • Section 8 and marijuana grow-op case • “Metro Security Guards Guilty of Racial Profiling” Montreal Gazette (July 14, 2006) (Quebec Human Rights Commission) • Riding the Subway while Black

  6. 2005 • R. v. Safadi, [2005] A.J. No. 4559 (Q.B.) • Section 9 and investigative detention case • R. v. Campbell, [2005] Q.J. No. 394 (CQ (Crim. & Pen. Div.) • Section 9 and investigative detention case • R. v. Mac, [2005] O.J. No. 527 (S.C.J.) • Section 8 and marijuana grow-op case • Radek v. Henderson Development (Canada) Ltd., [2005] BCHRTD No. 302 • Human rights case • Shopping while Aboriginal

  7. Pre-2005 • R. v. Khan (2004), 24 C.R. (6th) 48 (Ont. C.J.) • Johnson v. Halifax (Regional Municipality), [2003] NSHRBID No. 2 • R. v. Peck, [2001] O.J. No. 4581 (S.C.J.) • R. v. Chung (1994), 23 W.C.B. (2d) 579 (Ont. P.C.)

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