My last radar detector was a 'Fuzzbuster' waaay back when. They must have sold millions of those things and started an era of cat and mouse between drivers and police. When the consumers started winning, they did what any spoiled child does - they sulked and made the things illegal.
So Canadian authorities (and others) solved the problem by banning the things - though my brother's car has the Bel St1 - he's been running it for a year (I think) and has yet to have any issues.
However with Laser and 'instant on' radar systems what's the point? Unless you are in heavy traffic there's nothing to warn you of - and there's a real risk that your actions will tip the officer to the fact that you are equipped if it does go off.
If I get a ticket (and usually get a couple of tickets each riding season) I ALWAYS try to negotiate them down or fight them. At this time I have zero points on my record and some extra money left to pay off my ex as a result.
Riding in upstate New York last Saturday a friend and I were passed by an officer driving in the other direction - we were running about 75 in a burst (according to GPS). I was behind and a quick check of my mirrors (I hate the FJR mirrors) showed that officer saw (or more likely measured) us because his brake lights went on and he made a quick U-turn (it seemed to me that he cut off a vehicle travelling in my direction in his excited anticipation of executing the 'safety enforcement operation').
He came up behind me fast with his flashers on and when I moved to the right, he zoomed past me and came up behind my friend. Since he passed me I just kept going and then stopped and waited at the border for my friend to show up.
Reportedly we were travelling at 75 (him) and 78 (me) and my friend said the officer was 'upset' that I didn't stop. Well, that's just too bad. He passed me in his zeal to generate revenue, presumably hoping to score 'a double' and his only recourse would have been to let my friend go and come after me (and he'd accomplish nothing for doing this because I'd done nothing wrong on that score anyway) - once separated, he really had no choice.
And that's the rule we ride by . . . if you get stopped as a member of a riding group, the rest just keep on going. There's just no point in everyone getting a ticket where only one will do.
So, if you do get a ticket in the snowy north . . . just how often did you plan on driving/riding in Nova Scotia anyway? If you got a ticket and didn't pay it all they'd be able to do is to issue a warrant and revoke your right to drive in that province. So unless your country cabin is there and assuming you did get a ticket for a relatively minor infraction, I'd take your ticket home and frame it.
Having said that - take note that the Quebec Provincial Police are hot on equipment violations this year.
On the day before the speed stop I was pulled over in heavy traffic by a parked officer because he didn't like my headlight modulator (to quote - 'your bike has not legal lights'), but I carry a printout of the rules in the glove box which I showed him. But he happens to be right about my lights not being legal - I have non-standard European Silverstar H4s installed, but he didn't pick up on that.
He did take the time to carefully inspect the machine, paying special attention to the mufflers - he told me he looks for the DOT stamping (draw your own conclusions as to how one might get past them based on this information).
Last - a couple of weeks ago a police car came up close behind me and literally circled my bike (at highway speeds) with the officer leering at the machine the whole time. Apparently satisfied, he went after the person I was with (another friend, this one on a ZX14 equipped with Hindle exhausts), did the same inspection routine and pulled him over and ticketed him for having non-compliant exhausts. No requirement for reinspection, mind you. Just a ticket for $160. This way they can get multiples of $160 as the season progresses. See how it works?
