 Training on diversity and race relations are also compulsory for Borders Services Officers. Race, religion and ethnicity are not risk factors used in targeting travellers for in-depth questioning and examination. Rather, concrete and objective indicators, such as unusual or suspicious travel, are used. 37. At the provincial level, the Government of Ontario is building safer communities and protecting individual rights by banning the arbitrary and race-based collection of identifying information by police, referred to as carding or street checks. The regulation prohibiting carding sets out clear and consistent rules for a range of voluntary police-public interactions where police are seeking to collect identifying information. These rules will ensure that those interactions are conducted without bias or discrimination, and done in a manner that promotes public confidence. The changes are intended to help strengthen public accountability and foster increased public trust in police. 38. Canada has reported extensively on police training, bias-free policing and law enforcement accountability. Information can be found in paragraphs 108-112, 134-141 and 170182 in the seventh report of Canada on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). Additional information on bias-free policing and training can be found in paragraphs 170-175 and 187-193, respectively, in the twenty-first to twenty-third report of Canada on the ICERD. National Security 39. Canada is committed to protecting the rights and freedoms of all individuals in its counter-terrorism efforts through respect for human rights, the rule of law, democracy, and good governance. Respecting and protecting human rights is an integral part of Canada’s counterterrorism strategy, conducting its activities in full compliance with its constitutional and international human rights obligations. 40. In June 2016, the Government of Canada introduced legislation to establish a National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. The legislation is premised on two critical goals: ensuring that Canada’s security and intelligence agencies are effective in keeping Canadians safe, as well as safeguarding Canadians’ values, rights and freedoms, and Canada’s open, generous, inclusive character. 41. In September 2016, the Government of Canada extended an invitation to Canadians to participate in a constructive dialogue on Canada’s national security framework. This public consultation is intended to help inform future changes to national security tools, including those introduced in the former Bill C-51. These changes will ensure Canada’s national security framework is effective in keeping Canadians safe, and equally safeguarding Canadians’ Charter rights in a free and democratic society.4 4 Our Security, Our Rights: National Security Green Paper, 2016: https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ntnl-scrt-grn-ppr-2016/ntnl-scrt-grn-ppr-2016-en.pdf. 9