Do customs agents need reasonable suspicion to conduct searches of digital devices at the border? In the R. v. Pike and R. v. Scott, the Court of Appeal for Ontario answered “yes”, and struck down a provision of the federal Customs Act that permits searches on a lesser standard.
On this episode, Adam discusses the implications of this judgment for cross-border travellers and constitutional litigations. His guest is Aya Schechner, a member of McCarthy Tétrault’s National Appellate Litigation Group.