Canada’s Spy Service Once Again Admonished by Court Over Duty of Candour

Canada’s Spy Service Once Again Admonished by Court Over Duty of Candour
A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building is shown in Ottawa on May 14, 2013. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—A federal judge blames “institutional and systemic negligence” for the latest instance of Canada’s spy service failing to be sufficiently forthcoming about applications for judicial warrants to conduct investigations.

In a decision made public Tuesday in redacted form, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown said the Canadian Security Intelligence Service breached the duty of candour it owed to the court in certain October 2018 warrant applications.