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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 …

Terrorism law to be revamped Legal challenges causing logjam, minister says
December 15, 2009 – 8:02 am | No Comment
Terrorism law to be revamped Legal challenges causing logjam, minister says

By JIM BRONSKILL and SUE BAILEY

OTTAWA — The federal government has launched a sweeping review of a crumbling anti-terrorist law, acknowledging the system needs fixing, The Canadian Press has learned.
“We are working on it …

Canadian Government rejects apology for torture victims
October 21, 2009 – 2:27 pm | No Comment
Canadian Government rejects apology for torture victims

By JIM BRONSKILL
OTTAWA – The federal government has rejected a call from MPs to compensate three Canadians tortured overseas.
In a response issued late Monday, the government said it “would be inappropriate” to do so …

CSIS ignored Khadr’s human rights: report
July 16, 2009 – 12:12 pm | No Comment
CSIS ignored Khadr’s human rights: report

From CBC News
CSIS ignored human-rights concerns and did not take Omar Khadr’s age into account in deciding to interview him at the U.S. military’s Guantanamo Bay prison, says a report from the independent committee that …

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 …

Feds to give cops Internet-snooping powers –
June 18, 2009 – 2:58 pm | No Comment
Feds to give cops Internet-snooping powers –

By Janice Tibbetts

OTTAWA — Police will be given new powers to eavesdrop on Internet-based communications as part of a contentious government bill, to be announced Thursday, which Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan has said …

Canada to allow armed US Homeland Security agents on Canadian waterways – By Brent Patterson
May 27, 2009 – 4:21 pm | No Comment
Canada to allow armed US Homeland Security agents on Canadian waterways – By Brent Patterson

From The Council of Canadians
The Canwest News Service reports that, “U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano …is expected to meet with Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan at the Detroit-Windsor border crossing, likely on May …

EDITORIAL from The Globe and Mail: Cause for all Canadian citizens to worry
April 29, 2009 – 1:36 pm | No Comment
EDITORIAL from The Globe and Mail: Cause for all Canadian citizens to worry

From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
April 29, 2009 at 2:00 AM EDT
His name is Abousfian Abdelrazik, but it could as easily be Joseph Smith, a Canadian Everyman. He is a citizen denied the right to return …