‘A culture that requires correction’: CSIS needs new accountability framework, says civil liberties group

Federal Courts have ruled on several occasions that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Department of Justice lawyers they work with have breached the 'duty of candour' they owe to the courts.
CSIS director David Vigneault speaks at a press conference on July 16, 2020, following a Federal Court ruling that the government failed to proactively disclose all relevant facts in support of warrant applications.
As the government responds to a series of court rulings that say Canada's spy agency has not been sufficiently truthful when asking judges to authorize warrants, a civil liberties group says real progress will come from external oversight mechanisms and deeper changes ...

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