Agraria v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36 This is a Supreme Court of Canada decision so there is much to take from it, and I will barely be able to begin to scratch the surface in this post. Mr. Agraria submitted an IRPA s. 34(2) application for ministerial relief in 2002. The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness refused this application in 2009, concluding that it was not in the national interest to admit individuals to Canada who had had sustained contact with known terrorists and/or terrorist-connected organizations. Mr. Agraria’s role in the organization was apparently to engage people in political discourse, deliver envelops, and raise funds. The Canada Border Services Agency actually recommended to then Minister that he admit Mr. Agraria, as, in their words: He appears to have been a regular member who did not occupy a position of trust or authority within the LNSF. He does not appear to have been totally committed to the LNSF specifically as he indicated to the immigration officer at CIC Oshawa that he would support anyone who tried to rmeove the current regime in Libya through non-violent means. The Minister overruled his Department, and determined that … Read More