This week, it’s the regular team, Wojtek, Lynn, and Marc.
ListenWe start out with a story of national security and Canada’s highest court.
Canada has a type of legal document and process called a “security certificate”. The federal government can issue a certificate naming a permanent resident or any other non-citizen suspected of violating human rights, of having membership within organized crime, or who is perceived to be a threat to national security.
A person named in such a security certificate is inadmissable to Canada, and if already in Canada, can be detained and likely deported with evidence presented in secret.
An Algerian man, Mohammed Harkat was granted refugee status in Canada in 1997, but in 2002 was served with a security certificate and detained for several years.
He is now trying to clear his name, and a legal challenge against security certificates went to the Supreme Court.
Wojtek reported on the situation.
This month, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) held a series of public discussions in cities across the country.
The CAUT is calling the unprecedented action, “Get Science Right”, and organized the forums to bring attention ot what they say is a serious degradation of Canada’s scienctific research ability.
The public panel discussions each featured scientists and researchers from local universities talking about how federal funding cuts to research institutions and funding agencies are hindering their research, and how that in turn affects citizens.
James Turk is the executive director of the CAUT, and he spoke to Marc about how the cuts to science in Canada is embarrasing the country on an international level, starting with an answer to the question, who is getting science wrong?
Amnesty International in launching a new campaign.
The organization says it’s time that governments actually live up to public commitments they make about torture.
The group says governments mus not tolerate torture under any circumstance.
Lynn spoke with Alex Neve, the secretary-general of Amnesty International Canada.
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