The class action was filed in November 2022, two weeks after a landmark decision by Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Yergeau in a case seeking to have a common law rule allowing Canadian police to stop drivers for no reason to be declared unconstitutional.

Yergeau sided with Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a Montrealer of Haitian descent, ruling racial profiling exists and is a reality weighing heavily on Black people.

Yergeau's ruling effectively nullified Section 636 of the province's Highway Safety Code, which gives officers discretionary power to stop any vehicle without reason.

Excellent ruling. Cops shouldn't be able to stop anyone without cause.