Q148: Before the end of 2015, will the Toronto Police permanently stop the practice of carding?
Yes: 70%
(An extension of the current moratorium would not count for the purposes of this question)
There have been various calls for the Toronto police to end the practice of carding, a police procedure which involves stopping and questioning people, even when no criminal activity is suspected to have taken place. There has been a moratorium in place on the practice since January of this year. The chair of the Toronto Police Services Board, as well as Toronto Mayor John Tory, have come out against the practice, while the current police chief and the police union support it (see article here). Tory plans to call for the elimination of the practice at the next Police Services Board meeting on June 18th.
Given the level of opposition to the practice, I think that it will probably be eliminated before the end of the year. The June 18th meeting provides a definite timeline for the elimination of the practice.
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