Stockwell Day: The Certificates

Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub Dept: But for the first time Thursday, one of the ministers responsible for signing five of those certificates against non-citizens suspected of terrorism ties took the stand to defend his actions, according to The Star. Mahjoub s lawyers maintain Day simply rubber stamped the certificates, failing to challenge the intelligence provided to him by Canada s spy service and canada s confidence in the controversial security certificate process has been undermined for a decade by the use of information gleaned through torture and the destruction of wiretap recordings. Former public safety minister Stockwell Day told a packed Toronto courtroom that he was a hands on minister who demanded full disclosure before signing the certificates. Day testified via video link from Vancouver in the case concerning Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub, a 51-year-old Egyptian refugee who has been imprisoned, or under house arrest since 2000. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.