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  TORONTO -- A year after the death of George Floyd, one expert says Canadian cities have made little progress in addressing calls to defund the police. Julius Haag, a sociology and criminology professor at the University of Toronto, told CTV's Your Morning on Tuesday that no Canadian cities have successfully defunded their police force to date. However, he says there continues to be some momentum to potentially do so in certain regions. "Many of our city councils have debated measures to defund the police, but we haven't actually seen any substantial cuts," Haag said. "We have seen mea...

  EDMONTON -- The president of the Edmonton Police Association (EPA) has penned a damning letter accusing a task force directed to help improve the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) of being biased themselves. The letter states that while the task force declared decisions should be made based on evidence, it did not follow its own advice. The EPA said the group "used its own anti-police biases and stereotypes to attack the women and men of this police service who dedicate their careers to serving the people of Edmonton." The letter also states the task force alleges racism is baked in to th...

Article content Edmonton city councillors have endorsed moving forward on recommendations made by an appointed task force to improve the structure of policing in the city, but any funding decisions will be on hold until a policy review. On Tuesday, council voted in favour of directing city officials and the Edmonton Police Commission to develop a joint strategy in implementing 13 of the 14 recommendations brought forward by the Community Safety and Well-Being Task Force. This will include a report back in 90 days on accelerated actions that can be done exclusively by the city, such as reviewi...