Quebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark 2022 decision that found a law permitting random traffic stops by police led to racial profiling.
RELATED - A class-action lawsuit has resulted in the Superior Court of Quebec making a landmark ruling, resulting in the city of Montreal being ordered to compensate people who were racially profiled by police. Justice Dominique Poulin says that kind of discrimination is a "systemic problem" in the city's police force. Mike Armstrong reports on some of the incidents, including the case of the lead plaintiff.
The legal action was brought by Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a 22-year-old Black Montrealer who said he had been stopped by Quebec police nearly a dozen times without reason, and none of the stops resulted in a ticket. “This was obviously not the desired goal,” Public Security Minister François Bonnardel said in a statement late Wednesday. “This decision could have a direct impact on the work of police officers to ensure the safety of the population.”
“By unanimously upholding the Superior Court’s landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal has helped chart a new course for equality rights and civil liberties in Canada,” Gill said in an emailed statement.
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