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Review Canada’s no-fly list, report urges – Consultants cite a case of a student who should never have been barred from an Air Canada flight
January 14, 2010 – 5:33 pm | No Comment
Review Canada’s no-fly list, report urges – Consultants cite a case of a student who should never have been barred from an Air Canada flight

From The Canadian Press
Transport Canada should carry out a sweeping review of its no-fly list, say independent consultants hired by the department who found a Montreal-area student should never have been barred from an Air …

Charter issues fine tuned: McLachlin – Chief Justice reflects on her 10 years on job
January 7, 2010 – 11:36 am | No Comment
Charter issues fine tuned: McLachlin – Chief Justice reflects on her 10 years on job

Justice McLachlin, who today marks one decade leading the Supreme Court of Canada, Told Canwest News Service she expects the most pressing legal issues facing the court in the coming years will be where to …

Security Certificates: Finding the right balance
December 16, 2009 – 3:10 pm | No Comment
Security Certificates: Finding the right balance

By Omar Alghabra
The matter of “Security Certificate” is garnering news headlines again. Today, the federal court struck down a certificate against a Mississauga resident.
Security Certificate is a deportation instrument that the government can employ to …

Hassan Almrei is exonorated! – Analysis of Federal Court ruling
December 16, 2009 – 12:18 pm | No Comment
Hassan Almrei is exonorated! – Analysis of Federal Court ruling

If you don’t have the opportunity to read the Federal Court ruling (which is really worth reading), you might be interested by this summary analysis prepared by Matthew Behrens.
The link to the actual …

Asylum seekers’ success rate plunges under Tory government – Number of refugee claims approved drops 56 per cent amid immigration overhaul
November 4, 2009 – 4:45 pm | No Comment
Asylum seekers’ success rate plunges under Tory government – Number of refugee claims approved drops 56 per cent amid immigration overhaul

By Bill Curry
Ottawa — The number of refugees gaining asylum in Canada has dropped dramatically under the Conservatives as new figures reveal the impact of the government’s efforts to transform this country’s immigration system.
New statistics …

Judge slams search of terror suspect’s home – By Joanna Smith
June 25, 2009 – 10:26 am | No Comment
Judge slams search of terror suspect’s home – By Joanna Smith

By Joanna Smith

OTTAWA – A sweeping search through the home of a suspected terrorist – including a drawer full of underwear belonging to his wife – violated the man’s constitutional right to privacy, a Federal …

Commentary: Stranded and abandoned in Sudan, By IRWIN COTLER
April 3, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Commentary: Stranded and abandoned in Sudan, By IRWIN COTLER

By IRWIN COTLER
Globe and Mail
April 3, 2009 at 12:00 AM EDT
It has been nearly six years since Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Sudanese Canadian, was jailed while visiting his ailing mother in Khartoum. It has been nearly …