Mohamed Harkat faces deportation following the recent finding of Federal Court Justice Simon Noel that the security certificate, originally issued against him in 2002, is "reasonable".<
The Joint Intervenors' Submission to the Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar was submitted on September 10, 2005.
The coalition of groups with intervener status at the Arar Inquiry, including the Law Union, released the following statement in response to the commission's final report.
September 18, 2006
Ottawa - Justice Dennis O'Connor has confirmed the worst fears of Organizations with Intervenor Status at the Arar Inquiry: that Canadian officials were complicit in the torture of Maher Arar and other Canadian citizens.
Students writing LSAT warned about privacy threat
CBC News
The University of Ottawa is warning aspiring lawyers that they may be giving up their privacy when they hand over thumbprints while taking an admission test administered by a U.S. company.
DOPE SHEET COLUMN
May 18, 2005
CSIS-TURNING A BLIND EYE TO TORTURE
In December 2002 Mohamed Harkat was arrested on a Security Certificate issued under Section 77 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Since that time Mr. Harkat has been detained at the Ottawa Detention Centre.
DOPE SHEET COLUMN
FEDERAL ELECTION IMPLICATIONS
This Dope Sheet is being prepared on January 25, 2006, two days after the Federal election.
Prime Minister Harper. Now there is scary thought.
Court File:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
(On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal)
B E T W E E N :
MOHAMED HARKAT Applicant
and
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA
Court File:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
(On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal)
B E T W E E N :
MOHAMED HARKAT Applicant
and
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA
