In the second post in our student series, JD/MA student Gabriella Colavecchio unpacks the implications of an impending constitutional challenge to the use of secret evidence to deny a Canadian with alleged connections to Al Shabaab a passport under the Canadian Passport Order and the Prevention of Terrorist Travel Act.
Read MoreCBC reported on 5 May 2019 that the Canada Border Services Agency had seized the phone and computer of a Canadian lawyer returning to Canada, after he refused to provide access passwords (urging the devices contained sensitive solicitor-client materials). This is the latest in a series of cases in which the search and seizure powers of the CBSA at the border have provoked controversy. In this post, we unpack what we see to be the most important legal questions.
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