If I could add one point, I think it's worth highlighting that in 2012, the United Nations Committee Against Torture, which was reviewing Canada's record of compliance with the UN convention against torture at the time, pointed to concerns about the ministerial directions and highlighted that in their existing form, they do not meet our international obligations—which Béatrice has so well summarized—and called on Canada to make reforms.
On February 13th, 2017. See this statement in context.