OTTAWA - A national spy watchdog has found "a lack of rigour" in the way the Canada Revenue Agency selects charities for audits over terrorism concerns, saying the process introduces risks of bias and discrimination.

In a newly released report, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says the Review and Analysis Division of the CRA's charities directorate lacks an evidence-based method of validating the risk indicators it uses to justify scrutiny of a charity.

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