Immigration And Refugee Protection Act: Supreme Court Judge

Conservative Government Dept: Just this week a B.C. Supreme Court judge struck down sections of a law targeting human smugglers, which has been a priority issue for the Conservative government. The judge ruled that a section of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act infringes on Charter rights because it is unnecessarily broad, according to Globe and Mail. The day after the filing of this statement by Mr. Schmidt , bang: You re suspended, said Justice No l, pointing out to federal lawyer Alain Prefontaine that the government has taken away Mr. Schmidt s income and reputation. It s unbelievable Your client has done everything it can to kill this thing. The court doesn t like that We see that in different countries and we don t like it Canada is still a democracy and some of the centrepieces of the Conservative government s legislative agenda including mandatory minimum sentences and reforms to Canada s immigration and refugee laws are expected to run into Charter-related legal challenges, according to many legal experts. Federal Court judge Simon No l heard from the two sides in the Schmidt case Tuesday and criticized Ottawa s swift response to the lawyer, who considers himself a whistle-blower acting in the public interest. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.