What is the effect of s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights on the respondent's right to remain silent?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. W.R.W, 1992 CanLII 489 (BC CA):
39 In concluding that the respondent's right to remain silent had been infringed by his not having been so informed by the police, the judge referred extensively to the recent pronouncements on the scope of s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Hebert v. The Queen, 1990 CanLII 118 (SCC), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 151.
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