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On the Canadian ruling above by my crewmate (all Canadian officials must know each other, eh?):
There is rules support for what the US guys call the "momentum exception" for passes and for receiving a kicked ball.
However, there is no rule support for a fumble recovery.
A safety touch occurs when "...as a result of the ball having been carried, passed or kicked into the end zone by the team scored against."
For passing, I think the momentum exception is justified because the intercepting team did not "pass" the ball into their end zone. For receiving a kick, ditto, because they receiving team did not do the kicking.
However, in my mind for getting a fumble recovering, if it is the player's momentum that carries the ball into the end zone, they are out luck and a safety should result because they would have carried it there. Next time, they should avoid heading in the direction.
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