Podcasts Culture Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins to the Centre Justice LaForme discusses systemic discrimination and the consequent shortcomings of Bill C-22

Justice LaForme discusses systemic discrimination and the consequent shortcomings of Bill C-22

Published: May 4, 2021, 4:30 p.m.

b'On this episode of Appointed, Justice Harry S. LaForme, former Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of Appeal judge, and Kim talk about punishment in Canada\\u2019s criminal legal system. More specifically, they discuss mandatory minimum penalties and how their reduction in numbers, as proposed by C-22, will not reduce the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in prison; the deep rootedness of racism and sexism in the criminal legal systems; and the need to address the underlying inequities that make people more vulnerable to being victimized, criminalized and institutionalized.'