Algerian-born Mohamed Harkat has won a round in his long-running legal battle to remain in Canada.
In a newly issued ruling, Federal Court Justice John Norris says a 2018 government decision that Harkat should not be allowed to stay is unreasonable.
Norris says a key finding—that Harkat was complicit in acts of terrorism committed by Chechen extremists—is not adequately supported by the record or the decision-maker’s reasoning.
The judge sent the matter back for redetermination by a new decision-maker.
Harkat was arrested in Ottawa in December 2002 on suspicion of being an al-Qaida sleeper agent, and he denies any involvement in terrorism.
The federal government is trying to deport the former gas-station attendant using a security certificate—a legal tool for removing non-citizens suspected of ties to extremism or espionage.
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