legal protection for protectors
Section 262 of the Criminal Code of Canada:
262. Every one who
(a) prevents or impedes or attempts to prevent or impede any person who is attempting to save his own life, or
(b) without reasonable cause prevents or impedes or attempts to prevent or impede any person who is attempting to save the life of another person,
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.
R.S., c. C-34, s. 241.
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-262.html
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-131.htm
