Nova Scotia to ban police street checks after jurist finds they are illegal

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government will permanently ban police street checks, the province's justice minister said Friday after a retired judge issued a formal opinion that the practice is illegal.
Retired Justice Michael MacDonald's 108-page analysis concluded the practice of stopping of citizens to collect and record their personal information contravenes basic constitutional and common law rights.
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-scotia-to-ban-police-street-checks
 https://globalnews.ca/news/6049616/halifax-police-practice-street-checks/
 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-street-checks-illegal-1.5326217