Recording the police in public in Canada

Addressing the question about whether members of the public can freely record (video, photos, etc) the police in a public place in Canada.

Previous blog posts on this topic can be found here: https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/search/...

Here are the cases referred to in the discussion:

R. v. Zarafonitis, 2013 ONCJ 570 https://canlii.ca/t/g1npf
R. v. LeBlanc, 2006 NBPC 37 https://canlii.ca/t/1q3cd

Contents
0:03 Disclaimer
1:02 Principles at play
4:19 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
5:36 Case: Zarafonitis
12:29 Case: LeBlanc
22:02 Summary

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