The destruction of nearly 100 samples was part of a recently reached settlement between a group of migrant workers and the OPP following a 2015 human rights complaint
Ontario Provincial Police have destroyed DNA samples collected from nearly 100 migrant farm workers during a sexual assault investigation after the broad sweep was found to have violated human rights.
“They are also experiencing for the first time, for many of them, what it’s like to actually have access to justice in Canada,” he said. “The case took nearly a decade to wind its way through since the moment that the DNA samples were collected.” The DNA samples were collected from 96 seasonal labourers, even though many did not remotely match a description of a sexual assault suspect, aside from being Black or brown migrant farm workers.
The settlement amounts to a “historic” and “complete victory” in a case that details some of the systemic vulnerabilities faced by seasonal agricultural workers, said Martinez.
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