Canada Case Law

Canadian Security Intelligence Services Act (CA) (Re)

Court

Federal Court

The Federal Court dismissed CSIS’s warrant application, holding that section 16 of the CSIS Act requires assistance to occur within Canada and does not authorize the proposed extraterritorial collection.

• Meaning of 'within canada' in s.16 csis act
• Judicial authorization under s.21 csis act
• Extraterritoriality and presumption against extraterritorial application
• International comity and non‑intervention
• Evidence and disclosure obligations for warrant applications
• Csis-act-section-16

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