Background On October 10th and 11th, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) heard Harkat (Re), an important case relating to fundamental rights, public safety, and national security.[1] Specifically, the case concerns the constitutionality of the security certificate process set out in sections 77 – 87.2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act,[2] the nature and …
Divito v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) Canadian citizens convicted of offences outside of Canada do not have an automatic right to serve their sentences here even when the country they are imprisoned in is willing to let them, our highest court ruled last week. In s 6(1), the Charter gives all Canadian citizens …
