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1. Could a person be held liable for voyeurism if they were to install a hidden camera in a public restroom to record individuals without their knowledge?

Yes.  It is voyeurism to visual record another person for a sexual purpose or pleasure if they were to install a hidden camera in a public restroom to record individuals without their knowledge.  Such act will be an offence as the person conducting the recording can reasonably expect individuals in a public restroom to be doing an intimate act whereby they would be using the toilet in a manner that an intimate part such as an individual's genitals, buttocks, anal region or breasts (whether exposed or only covered with underwear), or an individual's underwear covering these body parts is likely to be revealed.