Our Top Court Faces A Daunting Task

Posted on Tuesday, June 13 at 11:58 by BC Mary
Despite appearances, this confrontation isn't rooted in the lengthy detentions of Adil Charkoui, Mohammed Harkat and Hassan Almrei. Instead, the deeper cause is an intelligence service at odds with a system that lets rejected refugees linger in Canada for years and sometimes decades.

Mostly that doesn't matter much. Overwhelmingly, bogus refugees are as harmless as they are hopeful of making a good life in a better place.

But once a year on average — and increasingly since 9/11 — the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, either through its own investigations or from offshore warnings, identifies a risk.

It then applies the immigration act, not the criminal code, to hold the suspect as a prelude to deportation.

Toronto Star

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