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Canada Border Services Agency: The Conservative Government

Canada Dept: OTTAWA - The Conservative government has quietly given Canada's national police force and the federal border agency the authority to use and share information that was likely extracted through torture, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The government directives state that protection of life and property are the chief considerations when deciding on the use of information that may have been derived from torture and public Safety Minister Vic Toews ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES Newly disclosed records show Public Safety Minister Vic Toews issued the directives to the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency shortly after giving similar orders to Canada's spy service. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.