XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, bc.politics   
   XPost: ab.politics   
   From: campbell@neotext.ca   
      
   On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:48:33 -0700,  (ಠ_ಠ)РаОса wrote:   
      
   > Looks like that question is being submitted to the Federal courts,   
   > enroute to the Supreme Court, again.   
   >   
   > Another Harper law that is about to bite the dust.  And the lawyer   
   > helping to make it another loss is the same one who kept Harper's choice   
   > for Supreme Court judge, Marc Nadon, from achieving that appointment.   
   >   
   > Born in Canada.  Stripped of Canadian citizenship.  Where the hell does   
   > that person get shipped off to?   
      
   This is the kind of law that was passed at Nuremberg in '35.   
      
   Dhu   
      
      
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   >   
   > CBC News Posted: Jun 25, 2014   
   >   
   > Rocco Galati launches lawsuit over Citizenship Act changes   
   > Toronto lawyer's court documents say Governor General had no   
   > 'constitutional authority' to pass Bill C-24   
   >   
   >   
   > Toronto lawyer Rocco Galati is suing Gov. Gen. David Johnston,   
   > Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Justice Minister Peter MacKay   
   > over changes to Canada's Citizenship Act.   
   >   
   > In documents filed Wednesday morning in Federal Court, Galati asks the   
   > court to invalidate key provisions included in a new law that gives the   
   > government the power to revoke the citizenship of Canadian-born citizens   
   > convicted of "terrorism, high treason, or spying offences" if they hold   
   > dual citizenship.   
   >   
   > The provisions passed into law last Thursday when Bill C-24, the   
   > government's Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, received royal assent.   
   >   
   > ​Galati has already successfully challenged Prime Minister Stephen   
   > Harper’s appointment of Marc Nadon to the Supreme Court of Canada.   
   >   
   > In the court documents filed Wednesday, Galati argues it was beyond the   
   > Governor General's "constitutional authority" to pass Bill C-24.   
   >   
   > The bill itself, Galati argues, goes well beyond's Parliament's own reach.   
   >   
   > The Toronto lawyer had asked parliamentarians and the Governor General   
   > to refer key provisions of Bill C-24 to the Supreme Court for a legal   
   > opinion.   
   >   
   > In a phone interview with CBC News on Wednesday, Galati said he received   
   > a reply from the Governor General's office on June 16 simply   
   > acknowledging the content of his original letter.   
   >   
   > Nevertheless, Bill C-24 passed into law three days later.   
   >   
   > "It is unconstitutional," Galati said.   
   >   
   > Galati filed the legal challenge on behalf of a group of lawyers   
   > including Manuel Azevedo and the Constitutional Rights Centre.   
   >   
   >   
   > Page 3:   
   > http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rocco-galati-launches-lawsuit-   
   ver-citizenship-act-changes-1.2687221   
      
      
      
      
      
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