Nova Scotia New Democrats promise to ban street checks if elected next month
Nova Scotia NDP Leader Gary Burrill sports a smile at a campaign stop in Halifax on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan July 24, 2021 - 1:20 PM
LOON LAKE, N.S. - Nova Scotia s NDP Leader Gary Burrill spent Saturday campaigning in the largely African Nova Scotian riding of Preston where he promised, if elected next month, an end to street checks to curb racial profiling.
The province s Liberal government has said it would ban the practice in 2019 after the release of a report from the provincial Human Rights Commission found street checks disproportionately affect Black Nova Scotians.
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