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Montreal mayor calls for end to random police checks amid racial profiling investigation

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Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada speaks in Montreal, Canada, on 26 May 2026. Photograph: Christopher Katsarov/Canadian Press via Shutterstock

Montreal’s mayor has called for a halt to random police checks as the city’s police force grapples with an internal investigation into racism and racial profiling by 16 officers.

Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada told reporters last week that her husband, who is Black, had been repeatedly stopped by police while driving.

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