B.C.’s human rights commissioner says the Heiltsuk Nation and Vancouver Police Board (VPB) have a real opportunity to address racism in policing if they can find a way to work together better.
Kasari Govender released an interim report on the groups’ progress on Wednesday (March 6). She was tasked with monitoring their work as one of the conditions of a 2022 human rights settlement between VPB and a Heiltsuk grandfather and granddaughter who were wrongfully arrested outside a Vancouver bank.
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