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- Section 8 protects people, not places, against unjustified intrusions on their privacy interests (Hunter v. Southam Inc., 2 S.C.R. 145 at page 159; R. v. Gomboc, 3 S.C.R. 211 at paragraphs 17, 75). As demonstrated by Hunter v. Southam, supra, the protection of people includes corporations as legal persons.
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Section 8 protects people, not places, against unjustified intrusions on their privacy interests (Hunter v. Southam Inc. , [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145 at page 159; R. v. Gomboc , [2010] 3 S.C.R. 211 at paragraphs 17, 75).
Aug 18, 2020 · Section 8- Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure. PURPOSE. The purpose of section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is to prevent unjustified searches by the state before they happen (Hunter v Southam, [1984] 2 SCR 145).
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Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects against unreasonable search and seizure. This right provides those in Canada with their primary source of constitutionally enforced privacy rights against unreasonable intrusion from the state.
Oct 25, 2021 · If a search or a seizure interferes with an individual’s reasonable expectation of privacy, it violates Section 8. However, know that the section protects people, not places, against unjustified intrusions.
Dec 13, 2018 · Under s. 8 of the Charter, “[e]veryone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.” The purpose of this provision is “to protect individuals from unjustified state intrusions upon their privacy” (Hunter v. Southam Inc., 1984 CanLII 33 (SCC), [1984] 2 S.C.R. 145, at p. 160). The s. 8 analysis is geared towards ...
Section 8 protects the government from unreasonably intruding into these areas without a warrant or as authorized by law. When is the Right Triggered? The right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure exists all the time for anyone living free inside Canada.
The purpose of the right under s. 8 is to protect "the citizen's right to a reasonable expectation of privacy" and to "prevent unreasonable intrusions on privacy, not to sort them out from unreasonable intrusions on an ex post facto analysis."
