Globe and Mail – Canada’s top court has upheld a tough anti-terrorism law aimed at deporting foreign suspects, ruling that its saving grace is the ability of judges to keep an eye out for unfairness.

“The discretion granted to designated judges is the crucial ingredient that allows the proceedings to remain fair from beginning to end,” Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin wrote for a unanimous court decision about the federal security-certificate system.

Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney expressed satisfaction with the overall ruling, but the Canadian Council for Refugees and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group said it leaves in place a fundamentally unfair process that relies on secret evidence. Read more