In Hunter v. Southam Inc., the Supreme Court held that a reasonable expectation of privacy existed in s. 8 of the Charter and, for that reason, searches and seizures must be authorized by either statute or the common law in order to be constitutional.

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In Hunter v. Southam Inc., the Supreme Court of Canada indeed held that Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees a reasonable expectation of privacy, which necessitates that searches and seizures be authorized by law (statute or common law) to be considered constitutional. This case established the legal requirement for prior authorization, typically through a warrant, to ensure searches and seizures are reasonable and thus constitutional.

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