There needs to be a ban on this practice. I don't know about Canadian law, but most likely the spirit of: The right of the people to be secure in their person

There needs to be a ban on this practice. I don't know about Canadian law, but most likely the spirit of: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures Was certainly not: Ask the Canadians to seize it for you and then they can give it back to you without due process. (This is exactly the kind of Hostile Act the NSA should be protecting American's against, not cooperating with).