Conservative Government: Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Canada Dept: Industrious work by Canadian Press reporter Jim Bronskill revealed the Conservative government has apparently done a volte face in allowing Canada s spy service to use intelligence derived from torture in order to protect public safety, according to The Star. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has quietly told CSIS the government now expects the spy service to make the protection of life and property its overriding priority and the controversy surrounding the trafficking by Canada s security service, CSIS, of so-called intelligence extracted by torture has been thrust, once again, into the spotlight. The order represents a reversal of policy for the Conservative government, which once insisted the Canadian Security Intelligence Service would discard information if there was any inkling it might be tainted, The Canadian Press reported. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.