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The lawyer representing migrant workers caught in a DNA dragnet is calling the settlement with provincial police a “complete victory”
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The Ontario Provincial Police has struck an agreement with 53 migrant farm workers who were subjected to a DNA canvass almost 10 years ago during a sexual assault investigation. Their DNA samples will now be destroyed and they will each receive $7,500.
An Ontario human rights panel has ruled local Ontario Provincial Police violated the rights of nearly 100 migrant workers when officers collected their DNA…
Provincial police discriminated against migrant workers based on their race when they conducted a DNA sweep as part of a 2013 sexual assault investigation, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has found.
An Ontario human rights panel has ruled Ontario Provincial Police violated the rights of nearly 100 migrant workers when officers collected their DNA samples…