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Originally Posted by soulchoice
According to the charter of rights, section 24, when walking;
1)you dont have to answer any questions as to your name and address when walking on the street and not committing a crime,
2)you dont have to justify what you are doing or where you are
3)you dont have to produce documentation of who you are, nor means on how you support yourself
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If the officer is conducting an investigation and he believes an offence was committed (you committed that offence) regardless if it is criminal/provincial/municipal you must provide the officer with your name if he asks you for it. If you don't...you may charged with obstruction.
I am not saying that the police can just walk up to you and demand you papers. It is not the gestapo. But what you dont realize is that many times a complaint has come into the police about suspicious activity. The police might see you walking down the street at night and want to talk to you so they can eliminate you as a suspect. If you say "bugger off, non of your business" you are only drawing suspicion on yourself.
A reasonable person would say yes officer my name is so and so, is there a problem?