The controversy behind race-based data

The RCMP started a Race-Based Data Collection Initiative in 2024 in four different communities across the country to better understand whether race or systemic bias is affecting policing outcomes. The initiative recently expanded to include Craik, Saskatchewan as well. But what is Race-Based Data collection? Amin Asfari, Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Chair in Police Studies in the department of justice studies at the University of Regina, joins Evan to explain.