What is the test for entrapment?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Canada Safeway Ltd., 2011 BCPC 385 (CanLII):

And, for there to be entrapment, as stated by Estay J. in Amato v. The Queen (1982) 69 C.C.C. b) ….. they must go beyond providing an opportunity and induce the commission of an offence.

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