David’s Blog: Let the Court Decide

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Published: August 29, 2013

I thank my colleague and good friend Mario Bellissimo for bringing the following quotes to my attention.

“...That is a principle of Canadian law that is sacrosanct...you can’t revise things retroactively.”

You may be surprised to learn that the above words were uttered by Chris Alexander, then a backbench Member of Parliament and now the newly appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. >>Read More...

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