Section 8 of the Charter, Our Privacy and Our Devices
Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states, “Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.” This broad statement began its jurisprudential interpretive journey in the case of Hunter v Southam when the Canadian government, under statutory authority, authorized several civil servant investigators to enter the Edmonton Journal newspaper office and conduct a search of the premises.
Digital Devices and Eroding Privacy From the Police
Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states, “Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.”[i] This broad statement began its jurisprudential interpretive journey in the case of Hunter v Southam when the Canadian government, under statutory authority, authorized several civil servant investigators to enter the Edmonton Journal newspaper office and conduct a search of the premises.
