MONTREAL, Aug. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advocacy group, the Red Coalition is swift to condemn the killing of Jean-René “Junior” Olivier a black resident of Repentigny, Quebec on Sunday, August 1st, 2021, in front of his family home after suffering what appeared to be an episode of psychosis. Mr. Olivier told his mother that he was “seeing people” around him, while subsequently holding a kitchen knife.   Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA – The Red Coalition is pleased to announce that it is offering its full support and endorsement of the STOPMTL.ca interactive platform and website where citizens can self-report their interactions with police in Montreal. The Red Coalition is a group of like-minded people from all walks of life, shapes, colors, and sizes; fighting for one common goal, which is to eliminate the practice of racial profiling and systemic racism within Canada, while raising clarity and awareness to the mental health issues and public health problems it is causing amongst its citizens.  Read More

MONTREAL, July 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Red Coalition alongside their strategic partners and local provincial advocacy groups; North South Development Roots & Culture Canada and the United Black Caucus are pleased to announce that they have received full support and endorsement from the offices of NDP MP, Matthew Green and Liberal MP, Greg Fergus, in their fight to eliminate systemic racism and discrimination.  Read More

MPP candidate Adele Brawley writes about the impact of Joel DeBellefeuille's impact on Quebec's paradigm on racial profiling. Adele Brawley | 16 Jun 2021 Picture this: you’re a parent, starting your weekday by dropping your son off at daycare. You’re enjoying your morning as you drive calmly through your neighbourhood, but you soon notice that a police car has made a U-turn to follow you. It follows you but never passes you or flags you down. You continue to drive with increasing concern—you don’t know what the police want.  Read More

by Alyssia Rubertucci and CityNews Staff POSTED JUN 14, 2021 6:18 PM MDT MONTREAL (CityNews) – A new community-based police team in Longueuil, on Montreal’s south shore, is being established. The Quebec government investing $3.6 million to train officers on social issues and immerse them in the community to work on prevention first. Something deputy Premier Genevieve Guilbault says could lay the foundations for a new policing model for the entire province and change the role of officers in Quebec forever.  Read More

Province hopes more forces will opt for officers who work with community groups to prevent incidents Verity Stevenson · CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2021 2:29 PM ET Last Updated: June 14 Quebec is investing in Longueuil police Chief Fady Dagher's model of community police work, allowing 24 more officers to train in different neighbourhoods without weapons or uniforms in the fall. The government hopes more police forces in the province will adopt similar models. Quebec's deputy premier and public security minister, Geneviève Guilbault, said her government will spend $3.6 million on the project with an added, recurring $300,000 from the Health Ministry for the Service de police de l'agglomération de Longueuil (SPAL) to hire social workers.  Read More