The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has ruled 8-0 that foreign nationals believed to have committed violent acts cannot be deported unless they have been convicted and there is a connection to national security.
The decision released Sept. 27 in the case Mason v. Canada concerned two foreign nationals who were charged but not convicted of crimes. Earl Mason was charged in 2012 with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of discharging a firearm following an argument with a man in a bar. The charges were eventually stayed due to delays.
