What is the test for determining whether a hearsay statement meets the criterion of necessity?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Farzam v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FC 1432 (CanLII):

In R v. F. (W.J.), 1999 CanLII 667 (SCC), [1999] 3 S.C.R 569 at 590-91, 178 D.L.R. (4th) 53 McLachlin J. wrote about the way a court can determine whether the hearsay statement meets the criterion of necessity.

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