

By the law, they need to have some very good reason to question them, How do they determine if it is an intruder, or the person has permission to be in the car? They can not arbitrarily stop and detain. However, if the owner of the car is present, or has reported the intruder, they can act. It does not matter how many officers there are on the force, they are constrained in what they can do by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If they act in contravention of this, then they are subject to complaints from the public about their rights being violated. But if an intruder gas been reported, and the officer catches them in the act, and has probable grounds, the officer will charge them. Unless they are under age. That is a completely different scenario and a different court system.




I am not sure he shifted his position. His first statement was full of weasel words to allow him to take almost any position that was necessary in the future. Thar is, his first response was not a position at all, but a placeholder for a future position.