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Parliamentary privilege after Milliken – What process should emerge from the Speaker’s ruling?
May 7, 2010 – 4:29 pm | No Comment
Parliamentary privilege after Milliken – What process should emerge from the Speaker’s ruling?

By Craig Scott
House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken handed down a clear, measured, and compactly reasoned ruling last Tuesday, a ruling which, on occasion, artfully employed both pointed understatement and carefully crafted elisions.
The primary question …

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 …

Majority vote in Parliament calls for an official apology and compensation for three Canadian Muslim men tortured overseas
December 7, 2009 – 12:27 pm | No Comment
Majority vote in Parliament calls for an official apology and compensation for three Canadian Muslim men tortured overseas

For immediate release
(Ottawa, December 3, 2009) The majority of the House of Commons has just voted in favour of compensation and a formal apology for three Canadian Muslim men who were detained and tortured overseas.
The …

Auditor General’s report on national security, information sharing and oversight – March 2009 Status Report
April 30, 2009 – 5:07 pm | No Comment
Auditor General’s report on national security, information sharing and oversight – March 2009 Status Report

Chapter 1—National Security: Intelligence and Information Sharing – March 2009 Status Report of the Auditor General
Ottawa, March 31, 2009 — The federal government has made satisfactory progress in improving the management of security intelligence, says …