Actually, in the annual report that was recently tabled by the Security Intelligence Review Committee, SIRC, the matter of exchanging information with foreign partners was studied.
SIRC found that, after that departmental directive, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, CSIS, quickly established governance policies to make sure that it is complying with its legal obligations and following the minister's directive.
That includes a high-level committee that meets to assess the risks involved in mistreatment or torture. If ever we exchange information, the committee must evaluate how it may have been obtained and must decide whether we should use it or not. If that assessment carries a high risk, I am the person who has to make the final decision to share or to use the information we have received.
SIRC says that CSIS has established a very rigorous structure in order to meet its obligations as to mistreatment as well as its obligation to protect Canadians, which is its primary mandate.
To answer your second question quickly, I will say that it is a policy matter that is up to the government and to Parliament to debate and decide.