Police have no right to arrest anyone for the simple act
of taking a picture — but they do.
In any society where the police, military or government hold inordinate power over the people, there are restrictions on the right to take and publish photographs, especially when those pictures prove embarrassing or incriminating to those in charge. One sure measure of a society’s freedom is how its leaders react to such images. If the photographers go unpunished, that society is probably a relatively free one. If they go to jail, it definitely isn’t.
The situation in Canada has reached the point where it needs to be said loudly and clearly: there is no law against public photography in Canada .... http://www.thestar.com
