This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Toronto Mayor John Tory has called for a “permanent cancellation” of carding practice in response to the police board’s recent “incremental” reforms to the controversial practice. He alleged that the reforms did not go far enough to alleviate its “toxic” impact.
Referring to the “community engagement” policy passed by the Toronto police board in April, Mayor Tory alleged that “I will now say that while I thought that the new policy was a step forward in terms of where we really were, which was with this policy in place but no procedure — I think in terms of the reaction that’s taken place in the community at large, people didn’t see it that way.” According to the policy, police should inform citizens of their rights with regard to being carded, if asked, and that officers were to issue a business-card receipt to anyone whose information was taken.
Tory stressed that tight restrictions in the original policy, especially on the citizens who could be stopped and asked to provide personal information, had been lost. In a speech on Sunday, Mayor Tory pointed out that “the issue of community engagements, or carding as it has become known, has eroded public trust to a level that is clearly unacceptable.” He stated that “as mayor, it is up to me to do whatever I can do to restore that trust.” However, despite the mayor’s strong insistence to halt the practice at the June 18 meeting of the board, it doesn’t mean carding will be abolished.
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