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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Correct, and you and Oling made it clear that rather than cooperate with an officer who has given a reason that may be to keep the public safe or to find a missing person you would refuse because it is your Charter right. That is your opinion and you are entitled to it, my opinion is that makes you a pretty crappy person.
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Police officers are not and should not be absolute authorities, which is why these charter rights exist. The government and the citizens of Canada believe it is important to protect yourself from the apprehension aspect of the justice system until such a time as you are able to defend yourself through the court system.
The entire notion that you and wookie are going off of here is that if a police officer asks you for identification, they automatically, without question, have substantive, logical reasons for doing so. That they are beyond reproach, infallible and incapable of making an error in judgement. By their very decree, asking for identification is warranted simply because they are police officers.
Sorry, but that's bogus.
This is so patently false the charter protects you from these overzealous applications of 'justice' in a multitude of ways.