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Renu Mandhane: Ontario's chief human rights commissioner

12.08.2016 - By Michael Spratt, Emilie TamanPlay

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This week we sat down with Renu Mandhane - the Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission to talk about... well.... human rights. Renu Mundane and the Human Rights Commission have been a leading voice against the deeply troubling practices of solitary confinement and racial profiling. Mandhane and the Commission exposed the horrific case of Adam Capay - a young native man who spend over 4 years in solitary confinement. They were also instrumental in the Ottawa Police Services' Traffic Stop Race Data Project - which showed that the Ottawa police were stopping visible minorities at a disproportional rate (and for no reason). Mandhane is articulate, passionate, intelegent, and a fierce advocate - in other words our kind of people.

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