OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s embrace of torture is prompting renewed calls for Canada to scrap federal directives that allow the use of information obtained through brutal means. Several human rights groups and the federal NDP are calling on Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to repeal the instructions, introduced by the former Conservative government. Goodale has said the ministerial directives raise troubling issues. Since becoming president, Trump has expressed openness to the return of torture during interrogations. The directive specific to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, based on the framework, says the agency must not knowingly rely upon information derived from torture.

Source: National Post January 30, 2017 23:24 UTC