Experts are hopeful Manitoba’s first associate chief judge of reconciliation will change the court system and push for policies that will address over-representation of Indigenous people in the legal system.
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“When you’re trying to decolonize or indigenize a system, you really have to again start with that community engagement piece, and then work your way forward,” says Marc Kruse, director of Indigenous Legal Learning and Services at Robson Hall.
Jerilee Ryle’s term starts on July 2 and she will be serving for seven years.
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Great… More Red Privilege…
@ Malcolm you arent allowed to say it out loud though lol… Its similar to the US and the data around the black population..
Canada’s indigenous population is roughly 5%, with 32% of the incarcerated population..
Liberals will tell you that its because of raci$m. The logical minds like yours will be called raci$t. Its a joke at this point. You can only criticize white people.
I’m sorry for having common sense here. Are Aboriginals over represented in jails because they are the cause of the most crime? Provinces solution: invent a new judge position to release them even faster than what’s happening now?