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The court have adopted a "purposive and generous approach" when considering tainting by earlier Charter breaches. The accused does not need to establish a strict causal relationship between the breach and subsequent statement. The statement is tainted where the breach and subsequent statement were "part of the same transaction or course of conduct.<ref>
The court have adopted a "purposive and generous approach" when considering tainting by earlier Charter breaches. The accused does not need to establish a strict causal relationship between the breach and subsequent statement. The statement is tainted where the breach and subsequent statement were "part of the same transaction or course of conduct.<ref>
{{supra1|Strachan}}{{Atp|1005}}</ref> The connection is "temporal, contextual, causal, or combination of the three."<ref>
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The connection is "temporal, contextual, causal, or combination of the three."<ref>
''R v Plaha'', [http://canlii.ca/t/1hq89 2004 CanLII 21043] (ONCA){{perONCA|Doherty JA}}{{at|45}}</ref>
''R v Plaha'', [http://canlii.ca/t/1hq89 2004 CanLII 21043] (ONCA){{perONCA|Doherty JA}}{{at|45}}</ref>