Does a traffic stop have more than one purpose?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Gonzales, 2017 ONCA 543 (CanLII):

Sometimes, a traffic stop may have more than one purpose. However, the mere existence of another purpose motivating the stop, beyond highway regulation and safety concerns, does not render the stop unlawful. But the additional purpose must itself not be improper, or proper but pursued through improper means, and must not entail an infringement on the liberty or security of any detained person beyond that contemplated by the purpose that underpins s. 216(1): Brown v. Durham, at paras. 31, 34, 37-39 and 45.

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