Khadr (2010)

Does the Charter Apply to Landed Immigrants Detained at Guantanamo?

A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") denied leave to appeal in Slahi v Canada (Justice), 2009 FCA 259, first canvassed on TheCourt.ca by Padraic Ryan here. My post aims to briefly examine the international law aspects of the case and their relation to the Charter.

Khadr, Khadr, He's Our Man, If He Can't Do it… oh.

The Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") handed down its decision in Canada (Prime Minister) v Khadr, 2010 SCC 3, on Friday, which may have prompted a call to Omar Khadr from his lawyers telling him, "So close, and yet so far..." TheCourt.ca covered Khadr's case back in September 2009, before it was argued at the SCC (see my […]