[Eric]

As a PS: According to our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in the first section in fact, the rights of the individual (even the convicted sex offender) are guaranteed. But there is provision for exceptions if the common good outwieghs the rights of the individual. On this issue the Supreme Court (an independent judicial body unlike the political Supreme Court in the US) must rule on every instance, though its decisions can be applied to similar cases. In other words, the rights of a sex offender can be overridden if the Court considers that the rights of the general community are more important.