Court tells CSIS it can’t rely on evidence obtained by torture

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Canada’s national security agency does not have an “effective mechanism” for ensuring it does not rely on evidence obtained by torture, the Federal Court has found.

The court sided with a man accused of terrorist links, whom Ottawa is trying to deport, in finding there are “reasonable grounds” to believe some of the information against him was obtained through torture and is therefore inadmissible.

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“In my view, these policies and practices do not provide for an effective mechanism to ensure that such information is actually excluded from the evidence,” writes Justice Edmond Blanchard.

“It is also clear from the record that the service does not have the means to independently investigate whether the information is obtained from torture.”

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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/839573--court-tells-csis-it-can-t-rely-on-evidence-obtained-by-torture

It will be interesting to see if the federal government/CSIS will appeal this to the Supreme Court or not.