Fishing without fear : Pêcher sans crainte : rapport d'enquête : les agressions contre les pêcheurs canadiens d'origine asiatique

The goal of the Inquiry was to learn more about the nature of verbal and physical assaults reported by Asian Canadian anglers that occurred in regions of southern and eastern Ontario in the summer and fall of 2007. [...] Section 29 of the Code gives the Commission the authority to conduct inquiries into incidents and conditions leading to tension or conflict based on prohibited grounds of discrimination and to take action to eliminate the conflict. [...] The Commission’s 2003 Racial Profiling Inquiry report, Paying the Price: The Human Cost of Racial Profiling, and the Commission’s Policy and Guidelines on Racism and Racial Discrimination (“Policy”) highlight the responsibility of institutions for taking leadership on preventing and responding to racism and racial discrimination. [...] In 2005, the Hate Crimes Community Working Group was appointed by the Attorney General and the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to examine the need for reform in addressing hate and hate crime in Ontario.8 The Working Group made approximately 100 recommendations as part of a multi-pronged approach aimed at enhancing the ability of the criminal justice system, the education sy [...] The Commission reiterated many of the Hate Crimes Community Working Group’s recommendations to the various ministries involved, particularly the Ministry of Education, the Attorney General, and Community Safety and Correctional Services.