Nova Scotia, Canada’s, Tourism Accommodations Act prohibits camping overnight in retail store parking lots, but apparently the law has not always been enforced.

In May, at the urging of campground owners and tourism operators, Tourism Minister Rodney MacDonald sent a letter to retail property owners advising them of the law.

According to the Chronicle Herald, Halifax, in July the local Wal-Mart began posting signs discouraging RVers from parking in its lot overnight.

The Tourism Department is responsible for enforcing the law, but the campgrounds favor a policy where municipalities enforce parking in facilities licensed for overnight parking.

Wal-Mart Canada spokesman Kevin Groh told the Herald that the company’s policy is to follow local bylaws.