By Robert J. Hanlon
A new row on the use of torture for terrorist suspects shines an unflattering light on Canada’s ties with certain Asian nations.
As Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper took part in a rather productive trade mission to Chinathis month, reports emerged that his government had directed the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to use foreign intelligence information gathered on suspected terrorists that may have been acquired through torture.
The report stated that under extreme circumstances, CSIS may “includ[e] information based on intelligence provided by foreign agencies that may have been derived from the use of torture or mistreatment.” The irony, of course, is that this all emerged while the prime minister toured the very country his government had previously distanced itself from over endemic human rights violations.
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