In a 9-0 ruling, Canada’s Supreme Court
struck down the government's right to detain foreign terrorism suspects indefinitely and without trial, ruling Friday that the system violates the country's bill of rights.
The Justice Department had insisted that the "security certificate" program is a key tool in the fight against global terrorism and essential to national security.
The judgment against the use of "security certificates" was unanimous and summed up with clarity by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin:
"The overarching principle of fundamental justice that applies here is this: before the state can detain people for significant periods of time, it must accord them a fair judicial process."
Staggering that our neighbors to the north have no problem determining that justice will not be a victim in the war on terror while we bumble about with signing statements and watch as our Federal District Court Bans Gitmo Appeals
Could Bush be thinking in some perverse way that once our freedoms are all gone, the terrorists won’t have any more reason to hate us???
Looks like Bush better hurry to secure our borders before those of us who want a system of justice that respects all of our rights can flee northward. Or will this decision force a deeper look at what is happening here??