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The Supreme Court of Canada upheld s. 12 of the NSICOP Act, holding Parliament may limit parliamentary privilege by ordinary legislation under s. 18 of the Constitution Act, 1867.
The Federal Court held the Charter did not apply to foreign collection of CEM or CSIS’s receipt and use of Processed CEM, but did apply to exploitation of Bulk CEM.
The Federal Court confirmed non-disclosure of redacted portions of Justice Mosley’s 2024 judgment, but approved limited summaries for disclosure.
The Court held that subsection 38.06(2) of the Canada Evidence Act authorizes a designated Federal Court judge to order disclosure of an unredacted classified certified tribunal record to the applications judge while withholding it from the applicant where the public interest balancing and conditions in s.38.06(2) are met; Ahmad and Telbani support extending that authority to civil judicial review, subject to the applications judge ensuring procedural fairness (including amicus/summaries/conditions).
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The Tribunal granted a limited abeyance until March 23, 2026, finding that a new NSIRA report and resulting Commission decision could affect the complaints.
The Court dismissed the appeals and upheld the Federal Court’s core conclusions: the GIC/Cabinet’s Proclamation was unreasonable and ultra vires because the statutory thresholds in the Emergencies Act were not satisfied (no reasonable grounds that threats to the security of Canada existed under CSIS Act s.2 and no national emergency exceeding provincial capacity or not amenable to other laws); the Regulations were overbroad and unjustifiably infringed s.2(b) of the Charter; the Economic Order’s information‑sharing/search regime violated s.8 of the Charter and was not justified under s.1; the…
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The Federal Court confirmed confidentiality for emails about appointing an amicus curiae in CEA section 38 applications, applying the Sherman Estate test and refusing journalist access.
The Tribunal limited the complaint to the 2016 site access clearance, allowed additional discrimination grounds, and excluded pre-2016 allegations as outside scope.
Federal Court decision on a CSIS supplemental warrant application concerning IP addresses, privacy under s. 8, passive receipt, and the scope of s. 12 of the CSIS Act.
The Federal Court partly granted a Canada Evidence Act s. 38 application, confirming some redactions, allowing some disclosure with summaries, and imposing conditions for use of the documents.
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