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By: Law is Cool · October 16, 2009 · Filed Under Immigration Law · Add Comment
Judge formally strikes down security certificate against Charkaoui
Charkaoui is a landed immigrant who was arrested in Montreal in 2003 under security-certificate legislation that allows Canada to expel foreign-born individuals if they are considered a national security risk.
One correction, Canadian Press: the security certificate law applies only to non-citizens, not “foreign-born individuals.”
Charkaoui: the name every Canadian law student knows
Charkaoui, however, is the legal star of the five. He’s won two Supreme Court challenges and, as he gradually demolished Ottawa’s case against him, managed to make the government look like an idiot.
