What is the obligation of a citizen to answer a police question?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Rothman v. The Queen, [1981] 1 SCR 640, 1981 CanLII 23 (SCC):

There are circumstances under which a citizen is under the obligation to answer certain police queries, i.e. Moore v. The Queen, 1978 CanLII 160 (SCC), [1979] 1 S.C.R. 195.

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