Quebec Suspends Random Traffic Stops by Police After Court Rejects Extension Request

Quebec Suspends Random Traffic Stops by Police After Court Rejects Extension Request
A view of the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine courtroom during a guided tour of the Quebec Court of Appeal in Montreal, on March 29, 2025. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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Quebec’s Public Security Department announced late Friday afternoon that most random traffic stops by police are suspended, days after the Court of Appeal affirmed that arbitrary road checks lead to racial profiling.

The new policy has been in place since April 1, the department said, the day Quebec’s Court of Appeal refused the government’s request to allow arbitrary police traffic stops to continue until the province’s legal challenge is heard before the Supreme Court.