Petition to the House of Commons
  Whereas:
  
    Black and Indigenous peoples in Canada are disproportionately subject to police use-of-force;
    The United Nations has expressed concern over the excessive use-of-force and killings by the police in Canada, especially in response to cases involving Black and Indigenous peoples;
    There is no nationwide collection of data on police use-of-force that disaggregates by race, colour, ethnic background, national origin and other identities;
    The failure of the Government of Canada to collect such data means that Canada lacks race-based data that could inform prevention and intervention strategies to protect the human rights of Black Canadians, Indigenous peoples and racialized people in Canada;
    A national database would allow the measurement of the extent of racial disparities in Canadian policing and identify trends in police use-of-force; and
    A national database would permit the evaluation of the success of existing and future anti-discrimination and anti-racism initiatives within police forces.
  
  
    We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada,, call upon the House of Commons to immediately establish a nationwide public database that collects data on police use-of-force, disaggregated by race, colour, ethnic background and other identities.