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Terror suspect Harkat awaits key high court ruling that will help clarify fate
OTTAWA – The fate of terror suspect Mohamed Harkat — and the controversial security certificate system being used to deport him — will become clearer Wednesday when the Supreme Court of Canada issues a long-awaited ruling.
The high court will rule on the constitutionality of the certificate regime, a rarely used means of removing non-citizens suspected of involvement in extremism or espionage.
It is also slated to decide crucial issues related to evidence in the certificate case of Harkat, an Algerian refugee accused of terrorist ties.
Harkat, 45, was taken into custody in Ottawa in December 2002 on suspicion of being an al-Qaida sleeper agent.
The federal government issued a revised certificate in his case in 2008 after the secretive process was struck down by the courts and then overhauled to make it more fair.
The Supreme Court will rule whether those reforms went far enough.
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