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According to CBC new, the liberal government of Ontario is putting forward a discussion to band random stops, also known as carding in the city. New guidelines for police to provide reason, documentation for stops under draft legislation. These regulations would ban the random stopping of citizens by police. Yasir Naqvi a community safety minister says that these guidelines would create a constant and clear procedures to protect deliberate interactions between the public and the police. In other words these new rules say that police cannot randomly stop and question citizens. He also says that theses stops cannot be based on the neighbourhood you live in or your race. These new rules mean that police officers also have to inform citizens

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