This issue is only whether or not you need to assist them in the search or not, the legality of them examining the contents of your phone or laptop is not in question. The CBSA has substantially more power than a regular police officer when it comes to standards of search and so far there has been no court case to restrict those powers.
Comparing this to being asked for a bank account password is not the correct comparison. And as for CATSA, people are no longer asked to turn on computers or devices.
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