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OTTAWA - Two men who face deportation for suspected links to terrorism are criticizing a bill the government says will make the process more fair.
Moroccan-born Adil Charkaoui and Mohamed Harkat, who hails from Algeria, have urged a Commons committee to come up with a truly just system for dealing with alleged extremists from abroad.
The Conservative government legislation would create special advocates to defend the interests of suspected terrorists and spies tagged for deportation under the controversial security certificate process.
The bill is intended to bring the process in line with the Charter of Rights after the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional last February.
Currently, non-citizens suspected of being a threat to national security can be held indefinitely under certificates and are not allowed to see details of the case against them.
Charkaoui called the new bill a terrible disappointment and a mirror image of the old legislation.
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