----- Original Message ----- From: "Powell Hargrave"
Subject: The Photographer's Rights
Canadians as usual are stuck somewhere in the middle. The two versions are interesting but not 100% relevant. Does anyone know the Canadian rules? Or is there a Canadian legal mind why could spell it out?
We seem to be better off than either the USA or the Brits. I suppose this is the result of having a pretty non threatening military force. No one can be bothered with us. The only real restriction that I have heard about involves taking pictures of children, which has gotten offensively restrictive. A guy in Winnipeg got kicked out of a sports complex for taking pictures of his kids in a swimming pool. Apparently, because there was the possibility that he could photograph kids other than his own, he was doing an undesirable thing.
They step on our rights based on the politics of the day. We haven't been messed up by terrorists yet, so there has been no jerking knees in that direction, but what with the infamous Karla just getting out of jail and all, our politicians are all snot faced about protecting the children.
The politcos have to appear to be doing something, so they do whatever is expedient to quell the fears of whatever has a bug up someones bottom that day. We still seem to be mired in the whole kiddie porn, must protect the kiddies thing in Canada.
William Robb
