Simon Wiesenthal, one titled "Freispruch fėr Hitler" and a third "33 Witnesses against the Gas Chamber Lie." He was convicted in Austria and Germany to fines in excess of DM 50,000 and forced to go into exile in Spain where he now lives, Gerd Honsik writes a monthly Revisionist newsletter in tabloid format titled "Halt!" ("Stop!") - meaning "Stop the hatred and lies!" Walter Lėftl President of Austrian Chamber of Engineers relieved from his elected post after questioning Gas Chambers story on enginering grounds Background and contribution: Lėftl was elected to represent 4000 austrian Architects and Construction engineers and was for years a court approved expert witness in cases involving engineering matters. Simon Wiesenthal and his friends in the media agitated, till the highly respected head of his own engineering firm was dismissed from his post. He had circulated privately what has since been published as the Lėftl Report in which he questions the Gassing story on technical grounds. Imre Finta Victimized by the media and financially totally ruined by civil law suits mismanaged by his first lawyers. Criminally charged and prosecuted as a "war criminal" in Canada. Background and contribution: A retired Hungarian police captain, Finta was accused by Sabina Citron and others for allegedly persecuting Jews in Hungary during the war. After lengthy legal battles, he was ultimately acquitted by unanimous jury verdict when Ernst Zėndel's attorneys, Doug Christie and Barbara Kulaszka, took over his defense and won his victory in court. The jurors obviously did not believe the many Israeli and Jewish eye-witnesses! Otto Ernst Remer Tried and convicted to more than one year imprisonment, even though he was over 80 years old and in ill health. Background and contribution: A German war hero who successfully thwarted the military putsch by German traitors against Hitler in Berlin on 20 July 1944, Remer seized the political opportunity brought about by the revelations of the Leuchter Report. He made the findings known to millions of people by privately publishing "Die Remer Depesche", a mass circulation tabloid style newspaper. The German vassal regime came down hard on the old soldier. He was tried and convicted to prison. He went into exile in Spain, wheelchair-bound, where he died. His widow now has to fight for her pension. She refuses to return his ashes to Germany until such time when her husband's remains can be returned under honorable circumstances. Jerome Brentar His reputation tarnished and his company boycotted, Brentar lost his livelihood for saving a man from the noose. Background and contribution: This Croation-American trained social worker and Christian activist has helped every falsely accused "war criminal" - from Frank Walus to Dr. Arthur Rudolf to Mr. Bartesch. He was of immense help to John Demjanjuk. Due to the tireless work of this saintly man, Walus and Demjanjuk won their cases in the end. Brentar spent almost $500,000 of his own funds to help pay for the lawyers' fees, translators, flights, hotel accommodations, meals, and witness fees. He lost his once thriving Travel Agency because of the vicious publicity engendered, and now lives at the edge of poverty in forced retirement on his social security pension. Zėndel researcher, advisor and witness in the 1985 Great Holocaust Trial. John Demjanjuk Extradited, charged, tried, convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. Spent many years in prison. Background and contribution: Demjanjuk was a Ukrainian autoworker and former camp guard whose grotesque case saw him extradited to Israel from the USA for trial. Convicted to death by hanging, but ultimately released by the Israeli Supreme Court, who obviously did not believe what must have been the perjured or false testimony of Israeli eye-witnesses, Demjanjuk was saved from the noose because Jerry Brentar worked day and night to search and find exonerating documents, eye witnesses and handwriting experts to save Demjanjuk's life. America has returned his passport and must pay him his pension for all the years of his imprisonment. Hopefully, part of that money will go Jerry Brentar to recover his outlays. Germar Rudolf Accused, tried and convicted in Germany. Career and doctorate dissertation ruined. Driven into exile. Background and contribution: This brilliant, German-trained chemist re-examined Auschwitz, Birkenau and other installations and buildings, testing rocks, soil and other physical samples for traces of Zyklon B. Following the pioneering work of Fred Leuchter, he put the final nail into the coffin of the Auschwitz story. Even though he did scientific work and was utterly apolitical, Rudolf's home and office were raided, computers seized etc. He was charged and tried in Germany for not believing in the standard Auschwitz story. As a scientist, he found the "gassing" claims to be scientifically untenable and, therefore, absurd. A modern day Galileo, Rudolf was found guilty and convicted because he refused to renounce scientific facts and his own scientific tests and findings. He was facing jail when he went into exile with his young wife and two babies. He now edits and publishes devastating refutations of the Allied Propaganda claims in a German-language journal. The Holocaust Enforcers are dogging his steps, and he faces endless hassles and trials, should the "German" vassal authorities ever get a hold of him. Zėndel expert witness in chemistry in the Munich trial in 1991 - disallowed by the judge at the request of the prosecution. Attorney Jėrgen Rieger Attacked and beaten. Car blown up. Professional reputation and career ruined. Background and contribution: Long-time Zėndel attorney in Germany, Rieger has been a defender of German patriots since his law school days. He has drawn the ire of the Holocaust Enforcers by winning the 1981 Zėndel case in Stuttgart against the false claim that Zėndel had published "hate literature", and winning several cases against the German vassal regime who had confiscated Zėndel's postal bank account, unfreezing DM 30,000 in the process. He also managed to regain for Zėndel his confiscated German passport - after a six-year legal battle. Rieger was attacked and beaten unconscious in broad daylight after leaving a Hamburg courthouse and had to be airlifted, near death, by helicopter to the trauma unit of the hospital of Hamburg University, where he lay unconscious for days. The assailants escaped after their assassination attempt. German police later caught one Turkish "guest worker" who was tried - and let go! The other culprits were never found. Attorney Doug Christie Targeted professionally on numerous occasions with spurious charges of "unprofessional conduct" lodged with law societies in Canada. Background and contribution: Undoubtedly the finest constitutional and civil rights lawyer of his generation in Canada, Christie is known for his exceptional defenses of Ernst Zėndel, Jim Keegstra, Malcolm Ross, Imre Finta and many other persecuted dissidents in Canada - and even the octogenarian, aristocratic Lady Birdwood in England. Under constant threat by busybodies in various law societies, usually the target of Jewish Holocaust Lobbyist complaints, Christie has frequently been intimidated during the Zėndel trials by judges who threatened him with contempt of court when he called their arbitrary decisions into question. He is hated by all enemies of freedom, by many groveling politicians and the intellectual prostitutes in the Canadian media establishment. Christie has headed the Zėndel legal defense team for over 15 years. Attorney Kirk Lyons Viciously character-assassinated by the media and "Jewish defense" organizations after defending the rights of US patriots. Background and contribution: An American civil rights lawyer of note, skill and courage and defender of many patriots, especially the "Dead of Waco," Lyons has represented people like Fred Leuchter in controversial cases, and has lately been targeted by the conservative "Spotlight" for "special media treatment" because he won a large suit against a law firm which had mismanaged a case involving one of his clients, the former Populist Party of the USA and Don Wassal. Character assassins are still trying to falsely link Lyons to the Oklahoma City bombing via a client of his, Andy Strasmeir, son of a famous German political operative and advisor to Helmut Kohl. Lyons has also defended patriots in the famous "Fort Smith Sedition Trial" and has since been vilified by the ADL. Bradley Smith Viciously character-assassinated and kicked off his web server. Background and contribution: A Libertarian, former bookstore owner, bullfighter, writer and broadcaster, Smith runs the wildly successful "Campus Project", placing ads in college and university student papers and asking for an open debate on the Holocaust. He is the owner of the popular CODOH website, known to be one of the top mainstream Revisionist websites on the Net, running head-to-head with Greg Raven's new Institute for Historical Review website now under construction. The Holocaust Lobby is relentless in its attacks against Bradley Smith, who speaks fluent Spanish and has moved to Mexico to cut costs. Zėndel defense witness in the 1985 Great Holocaust Trial. Michael Hoffman II Viciously character-assassinated. Background and contribution: Hoffman is a former Associated Press reporter and author of the first book on Ernst Zėndel's 1985 Trial, a biography that has undergone many printings. He is an indefatigable Revisionist researcher. He publishes a monthly newsletter titled Revisionist History, and is the author and publisher of numerous books and booklets. A noted, talented speaker and producer of Revisionist videos, Hoffman is also one of Revisionists' most skilled and passionate writers. He has drawn the Holocaust Lobby's ire for his grass roots street level activism and manly courage. Ingrid Weckert Tried, convicted and fined. Background and contribution: One of the best-known German historical researchers and writers, Weckert is best known for her book on the events leading up to Kristallnacht - a book called "Feuerzeichen" (Flashpoint). She has been subjected to police raids, during one of which Ernst Zėndel was arrested in her apartment in Munich. A former tourist guide for travel agencies, she reads and speaks Hebrew. She knew Menachim Begin and other Jewish leaders personally and frequently visited Israel. In 1998, she was tried, convicted and fined DM 3,500 for writing a Revisionist article. She now lives at the edge of poverty from a small pension. Erhard Kemper Legally harassed. Endlessly hounded. Background and contribution: Kemper is a German agrarian engineer and gifted, politically astute freelance writer who has been arrested, tried and convicted for his revisionist writings in Germany dozens of times. He is unbroken in spirit, in spite of the constant legal harassment and failing health as a result of his persecution. He has been completely impoverished and his health has been ruined, but he bravely soldiers on. Gėnther Deckert Currently imprisoned in Bruchsal, Germany. Faces up to eight years incarceration. Background and contribution: A German educator, party leader, writer, public speaker and publicist, Deckert won fame for being tried and convicted after he simultaneously translated an English-language lecture by Fred Leuchter in Germany into German. He was at first acquitted by a German judge who found him to be an upright and decent patriot, then recharged and convicted by a different judge after an artificially created international media uproar. Now German prosecutors keep piling court case after court case on Deckert while he is in jail. He bravely keeps fighting on. Hans Schmidt Arrested, tried and jailed in Germany, even though he was a US citizen. Background and contribution: German-American author and publisher of a German- as well as an English-language newsletter (GANPAC Brief and USA-Berichte), Schmidt was arrested in 1995 for having written about a "Jew- and Freemason infested" oligarchy and media ruling today's Germany. He spent 5 months in prison for four words. Released on bail and in ill health, Schmidt returned to the USA where he wrote a book about his experience in Germany, titled "Jailed in Democratic Germany." He has been a thorn in the side of the German vassal authorities for many years. David Cole Became a victim of the JDL. Was physically beaten. Had his life threatened on the Internet by the Jewish Defense League. Background and contribution: This young Jewish Revisionist filmmaker came to the defense of Ernst Zėndel when Zėndel needed defending. Subsequently, Zėndel and Cole made a film in Auschwitz, with David Cole pointing out all the things wrong with that theme park of hate against Germans. Later yet, Cole came to Canada to lecture to large audiences on his Revisionist findings in Auschwitz, together with David Irving. He also appeared with Zėndel in Munich, Germany, spreading Revisionism right under the watchful eyes of the German political police. In a vicious letter posted on the Internet, the Jewish Defense League threatened Cole's life. Emotionally fragile and torn between his conscience and family loyalties as well as filial devotion, he could not withstand the pressure and recanted with an abject apology to his tribesmen and tormentors. Every serious Revisionist understands that this act of recantation was coerced and may have bought David his very survival. Jėrgen Graf Charged, tried and convicted in Switzerland. Fired for the second time from his teaching post. Background and contribution: A Swiss school teacher and language genius, Graf speaks almost one dozen languages fluently and understands many more, some of them the most exotic ones such as Russian, Japanese, Thai as well as Malay and Filipino dialects. Author of several books, among them "Der Holocaust auf dem Prėfstand" (The Holocaust on Trial), he went recently to Russia where he researched Russian archives for months. The Swiss government charged, tried and convicted Graf in 1998 to 15 months in jail under the new anti-Revisionist law adopted by the Swiss in 1994. His German-born, 80-year-old publisher was likewise convicted to 1 year in prison. Siegfried Verbeke Currently on trial in Holland under immense police pressure in Belgium. Endured numerous police raids and business boycotts. Background and contribution: The most dynamic Revisionist in Belgium and maybe all of Europe, Verbeke published numerous books, booklets, magazines and tracts for European Revisionists. Verbeke is now himself on trial, together with Dr. Faurisson - accused of cutting into the financial profits of the Anne Frank Foundation because of their books and texts critical of the Anne Frank Diary. Both are currently appealing a Dutch verdict. Verbeke seems undeterred by numerous police raids. Europe-wide, he carries on with a vigorous mass circulation, grassroots-based Revisionist Truth-in-History campaign in several European languages. Carlos Porter Charged, tried in absentia, and convicted in Germany. Background and contribution: An American ex-patriate, skilled linguist and translator living in Belgium and author of numerous books - "Not Guilty at Nuremberg", "Made in Russia: The Holocaust" subtitled "The German Defenses Case" - Porter was charged by the Germans in 1997. He refused to attend the trial, was tried in absentia and convicted. He responded with a defiant, blistering Emile Zola-like excoriating written counterattack to the judge in his case, and presently is waiting to be arrested and taken to Germany to serve his sentence there. Malcolm Ross Fired from his teaching post for politically incorrect writings. Background and contribution: A Canadian school teacher and author, Ross was for years a thorn in the eyes of the Holocaust Lobby because of his writings. It took years to fire him under some flimsy excuse because he never taught his version of history in class. Charged and re-charged, he repeatedly won in appeal courts. After years of litigation, the Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling found Malcolm Ross guilty in the end, and he was sentenced to a fine. Today, he is the unemployed father of two children. Ingrid Rimland Vilified by the ADL as an "Extremist." Had her new trilogy "Lebensraum!" seized by the hundreds and banned in Canada as "hate material." Background and contribution: A relative newcomer to Revisionism, Ingrid Rimland is best known for her novels dealing with World War II that bring to life and explain the underlying reasons of the Third Reich's struggle against Communism. Canada Customs confiscated and banned the titles, even though there was not enough time to have these massive, well-researched books read, much less professionally content-evaluated. Rimland has had global mainstream media coverage as the defender of the controversy-dogged Zundelsite - which seems to be the reason her name as been smeared as an "Extremist" in a 1997 ADL smear publication. Pedro Varela Grotesquely charged with "genocide" - for selling books. Background and contribution: Spanish bookseller and well-known, long-time leader of the Spanish youth group "Cedade", Varela is currently before the Spanish courts for "genocide" for selling historical, Revisionist and National Socialist books. Jewish Lobbyists have asked for a 24 year prison term for Varela. Ahmed Rami Tried, convicted and imprisoned in Sweden. Background and contribution: Rami is a former Moroccan military officer living in exile in Sweden, where he used to run "Radio Islam", a radio program that was closed down due to Holocaust Lobby pressure. He was tried and convicted in Sweden for his Revisionist views and served a nine month prison term. Now he runs a much-visited, multilingual website famous the world over, which has come under repeated attack by French and Swedish Jewish sources. He won several court skirmishes, and for the moment seems to hold his own. Nick Griffin Charged, tried, convicted and fined in England. Background and contribution: Famous for his recent court case over pictures and words published in the magazine "The Rune", Griffin, a well-known British political activist, was charged, tried and convicted as a sacrificial lamb on the altar of Tony Blair's election promises - to be "tougher on Revisionists and racists." Two US black separatist leaders spoke out as witnesses for Griffin, but he was convicted nonetheless to a steep fine of L3,000. (The expert witness for the defense was none other than Dr. Robert Faurisson who helped out once again when help was needed.) Griffin is reported to be unbowed. Jean Marie Le Pen Charged, convicted and under political sanctions in France. Background and contribution: The flamboyant French leader of the "Front National", the largest and most promising nationalist political party in Europe, "belittled" the Holocaust and called it "a mere detail, a footnote in the history of WWII" - apparently using the phrase on three different occasions! He was recently convicted in a French court under the Communist-inspired Gayssot Law. He was given a steep fine and forbidden to run in elections for the next two years. Le Pen is undeterred, even though politically victimized for years by the French political establishment and a disgustingly hypocritical, largely Jewish-dominated French media. Roger Garaudy Charged, tried and convicted in France. Background and contribution: A former French Communist leader, philosopher and recent convert to Revisionism and Islam, Garaudy was charged, tried and convicted for writing a semi-Revisionist book titled "The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics," in which he had quoted extensively from material by Dr. Faurisson (without attribution) and by Barbara Kulaszka's book "Did Six Million Really Die?" (with attribution). He was condemned to a $50,000 fine. His trial was a farce and his performance in court disappointing. However, as a result, he seems to have kicked loose an avalanche of Revisionist thought and activities in the Moslem world, much to the chagrin of Israel - a country that more and more considers Revisionism its Number One problem. Abbe Pierre Victim of fierce world-wide media vilification. Background and contribution: Considered a male "Mother Theresa" for his altruistic dedication to the poor of France, this famous pro-Marxist French cleric endorsed Roger Garaudy's Revisionist book - and was almost crucified by a vitriolic media reaction. The Holocaust Enforcers made a huge mistake picking on this man. He fired back salvo after salvo - much to everyone's surprise. He fought bravely for a man well into his eighties, but in the end fled into a monastery in Italy - from where he apologized under pressure from his church. Doug Collins Harassed and vilified by the BC Human Rights Commisson. Financially penalized. Background and contribution: Doug Collins was a British soldier in World War II. He was captured and escaped several times. He worked in an intelligence capacity with the British Control Commission in occupied Germany after the war. He emigrated to Canada in the 1950s and worked for several Canadian newspapers. He drew the ire of the Holocaust Enforcers after he testified for Ernst Zėndel in the 1985 Great Holocaust Trial. He declared that as a journalist, he saw nothing wrong with the booklet "Did Six Million Really Die?" and that he found no "hate" in that 30,000 word essay. An award-winning journalist and TV commentator and the author of several books, Collins was hauled before a quasi-court by Holocaust Enforcers when he wrote a column about "Swindler's List" and commented on the preponderance of Jews in Hollywood. He and his paper had to defend themselves before the British Columbia Human Rights Commission, which, in the end, ruled in his favor, after his paper spent more than $200,000 and Collins spent $50,000 of his own money. Barely had he won the case when he was re-charged - for the same column, along with three others! Dr. Robert Countess Vilified by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and the intervenor lawyers in the most recent Political Show Trial case of Ernst Zėndel. Background and contribution: The American Revisionist, former army chaplain, lecturer, writer and globe-trotting good-will ambassador, Dr. Robert Countess, was targeted for a special smear- and vilification campaign by Jewish intervenors at the Zėndel CHRT Inquisition in Toronto in June 1998. He was sneeringly denied expert witness status, even though he was completely familiar with all the major works discussed and had been in touch with most authors, even in person, dealing with the Holocaust topic - pro and con. Dr. Countess left the "People's Republic of Canada", as he called it, for the safety and constitutionally governed and protected USA, from where he vowed to carry on the struggle for freedom of speech with still greater vigor. IYP-L Kongres Polonii Kanadyjskiej protestuje Subject: IYP-L Kongres Polonii Kanadyjskiej protestuje From: zBigniew Koziol Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 15:04:05 -0500 Kongres Polonii Kanadyjskiej protestuje Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 3:11 PM Dziennik GAZETA w Toronto, dn. 21 stycznia 1999: "Zydzi sobie zalatwili..." Toronto - Kongres Polonii Kanadyjskiej oraz Kongres Ukrainski protestuja, gdyz pominieto je podczas obecnej wizyty premiera Kanady w Polsce i na Ukrainie. Szefowi kanadyjskiego rzadu bedzie towarzyszyc jedynie trzyosobowa delegacja Kongresu Kanadyjskich Zydow. W zwiazku z pominieciem reprezentacji KPK, organizacja ta wystosowala oficjalny protest do biura Chretiena domagajac sie rownoprawnego traktowania. Tygodnik ZWIAZKOWIEC w Toronto, dn. 21 stycznia 1999: "Niezrozumiala polityka premiera Kanady... Najpierw Oswiecim, pozniej Warszawa" W sobote 23 stycznia premier Kanady Jean Chretien przybedzie z oficjalna wizyta do Polski. Program pobytu przewiduje, najpierw odwiedzenie bylych obozow koncentracyjnych Oswiecim-Brzezinka, nastepnie w poniedzialek, 25 stycznia przybycie do Warszawy, gdzie odbedzie sie oficjalne powitanie premiera Chretiena. Program bobytu premiera Kanady przewiduje miedzy innymi rozmowy z premierem Jerzym Buzkiem oraz prezydentem RP Aleksandrem Kwasniewskim. Jak podaje "The Globe and Mail" oraz "The Canadian Jewish News", w skladzie rzadowej delegacji udajacej z oficjalna wizyta do Polski, znalezli sie takze przedstawiciele Kongresu Zydow Kanadyjskich. Na specjalne zaproszenie premiera Jean Chretiena do waskiej ekipy towarzyszacych mu gosci dolaczyli sie prezes CJC Moshe Ronen oraz jeden z dyrektorow tegoz Kongresu, Jack Silverstone. Obydwaj przybeda do Warszawy z ojcami, ktorzy sa bylymi wiezniami obozu zaglady w Oswiecimiu-Brzezince. Odwiedzenie najwiekszego cmentarza swiata, jest jednym z istotniejszych punktow programu wizyty premiera Chretiena. Poniewaz kanadyjska delegacja wylatuje do Polski w sobote, czyli w dniu Sabatu, zydowscy goscie - cytujemy za "The Canadian Jewish News" - powitaja Jean Chretiena juz w Warszawie. Kongres Polonii Kanadyjskiej zwrocil sie do szefa tzw. PMO (Prime Minister's Office), Petera Sparksa z prosba o uwzglednienie w skladzie delegacji takze kilku przedstawicieli KPK. Niestety - jak nas poinformowala sekretarz generalna Zarzadu Glownego KPK Alicja Gettlich - premier odmowil uwzgelednienia prosby Zarzadu Glownego KPK. Peter Sparks powiedzal, ze decyzja dotyczaca wizyty premiera Kanady w bylych obozach smierci z przedstawicielami tylko grupy zydowskiej zostala podjeta "ze wzgledow tylko premierowi znanych - jest to wizyta prywatna i premier moze na nia zaprosic kogo chce". Przedstawiciel premiera dodal, ze podczas swojej oficjalnej wizyty w Polsce, premier jako glowa panstwa, reprezentuje wszystkich Kanadyjczykow, i ze nie mial on zamiaru obrazac zadnej grupy etnicznej. O tej kompromitujacej decyzji poinformujemy Panstwa w kolejnym wydaniu "Zwiazkowca". Ponizszy komunikat ZG Kongresu Polonii Kanadyjskiej dotyczy wizyty kanadyjskiego premiera J. Chretien'a w Oswiecimiu 24 stycznia br. Premier zaprosil, aby go tam towarzyszyc, delegacje z Zydowskiego Kongresu w Kanadzie na koszt panstwa kanadyjskiego. Podobnego zaproszenia nie otrzymal KPK pomimo interwencji i protestow. Jest to kolejnym - i wybitnym - dowodem, ze judaizacja Oswiecimia jest faktem dokonanym na Zachodzie. Mozna przypuszczac, ze jesli zostanie usuniety krzyz papieski z terenu zwirowiska, za kilka lat zupelnie zaniknie - i tak juz slabiutka - swiadomosc, ze w Oswiecimiu rowniez zgineli Polacy. [1992] 1 S.C.R. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) v. Chiarelli 711 The Minister of Employment and Immigration Appellant and Cross-Respondent v. Joseph (Giuseppe) Chiarelli Respondent and Cross-Appellant and The Security Intelligence Review Committee Intervener Indexed as: Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) v. Chiarelli File No.: 21920. 1991: October 28; 1992: March 26. Present: Lamer C.J. and La Forest, L'Heureux-DubŲ, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Stevenson and Iacobucci JJ. ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL Immigration -- Deportation -- Permanent resident convicted of serious offence and ordered deported -- Appeal to Immigration Appeal Board on compassionate grounds barred if Security Intelligence Review Committee finding involvement with organized crime -- Summary provided of Committee's in camera proceedings -- Whether infringement of s. 7 right to liberty and right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with principles of fundamental justice -- Immigration Act, 1976, S.C. 1976-77, c. 52, ss. 4(2), 19(1)(d)(ii), 27(1)(d)(i), (ii), (3), (4), 32(2), 72(1)(a), (b), 82.1(1), (2)(a), (c), (3), (4), (5), (6)(a), (b), 83(1)(a), (2). Constitutional law -- Charter of Rights -- Right to liberty and right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with principles of fundamental justice -- Deportation of permanent resident convicted of serious crime -- Appeal to Immigration Appeal Board on compassionate grounds barred if Security Intelligence Review Committee finding involvement with organized crime -- Summary provided of Committee's in camera proceedings -- Whether infringement of s. 7 right to liberty and right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with principles of fundamental justice -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 1, 7. Constitutional law -- Charter of Rights -- Cruel and unusual punishment or treatment -- Deportation of permanent resident convicted of serious crime -- Whether infringement of s. 12 right to freedom from cruel and unusual punishment or treatment -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 1, 12. Constitutional law -- Charter of Rights -- Equality rights -- Deportation of permanent resident convicted of serious crime -- Appeal to Immigration Appeal Board on compassionate grounds barred if Security Intelligence Review Committee finding involvement with organized crime -- Whether infringement of s. 15 right to equal benefit before and under the law -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 1, 15. Administrative law -- Natural justice -- Fair hearing -- Security Intelligence Review Committee considering whether permanent resident involved with organized crime -- Part of Committee hearing in camera -- Background material and summary of proceedings provided -- Finding of involvement with organized crime barring appeal to Immigration Appeal Board on compassionate grounds. This appeal called into question the constitutionality of the statutory scheme providing for the deportation of a permanent resident on conviction of a serious criminal offence. The main appeal concerned the removal of a ground of appeal from a deportation order and the procedure by which that removal is effected. The cross-appeal attacked the general statutory scheme. Respondent was identified in an immigration report made by an immigration officer in January 1986 pursuant to s. 27 of the Immigration Act, 1976, as a permanent resident convicted of an offence for which a term of imprisonment of five years or more may be imposed and therefore a person described in s. 27(1)(d)(ii). An adjudicator, after an inquiry attended by appellant and his counsel, found respondent to be a person described in that section and ordered him deported. The hearing of respondent's appeal to the Immigration Appeal Board against the deportation order, brought pursuant to s. 72(1), was adjourned after the Solicitor General and the Minister of Employment and Immigration made a joint report to the Security Intelligence Review Committee pursuant to s. 82.1(2) indicating respondent to be a person reasonably likely to engage in organized crime. The Review Committee conducted the required investigation and held a hearing. Prior to the hearing respondent was provided with a document giving background information as to the hearing and summaries of information. A summary of the evidence taken in in camera proceedings of this hearing and provided to respondent indicated that evidence was led that respondent, together with certain named individuals, was a member of a criminal organization which engaged in extortion and drug related activities and that respondent personally took part in the extortion and drug related activities of the organization. The information made available to respondent and the criminal records of respondent and his associates were before the Committee when he appeared and was asked to respond. Counsel for respondent objected to the fairness and constitutionality of the proceeding. The Review Committee reported to the Governor in Council, pursuant to s. 82.1(6)(a), that respondent was a person there are reasonable grounds to believe will engage in organized crime as described in s. 19(1)(d)(ii). The Governor in Council adopted the conclusion of the Review Committee and directed the appellant Minister to issue a certificate under s. 83(1) with respect to respondent's appeal to the Immigration Appeal Board from the deportation order. This certificate was issued, with the result that respondent's appeal would have to be dismissed in so far as it was brought pursuant to s. 72(1)(b). The hearing of the appeal was adjourned when respondent gave notice that he intended to raise constitutional questions before the Board and three questions were referred to the Federal Court of Appeal for determination. The court found that: (1) ss. 27(1)(d)(ii) and 32(2) of the Immigration Act, 1976, did not infringe ss. 7, 12 or 15 of the Charter; (2) ss. 82.1 and 83 did not infringe ss. 12 or 15 of the Charter but the question as to whether they contravened s. 7 was not a question that the Board could refer to the Court pursuant to s. 28(4) of the Federal Court Act; and (3) the Board would, in relying upon the certificate, violate respondent's rights under s. 7 and this violation was not justified under s. 1. The constitutional questions stated in this Court queried whether: (1) ss. 82.1 and 83 of the Immigration Act, 1976 infringed s. 7 of the Charter, and if so, whether that infringement was justified under s. 1; (2) whether reliance upon the certificate authorized by s. 83 of the Act filed in respondent's case infringed s. 7 because the process followed by the Security Intelligence Review Committed did not meet the requirements of s. 7. The respondent in the main appeal was granted leave to cross-appeal, and the constitutional questions stated there queried whether ss. 27(1)(d)(ii) and 32(2) of the Act infringed ss. 7, 12 and 15 of the Charter in that they required the deportation of persons convicted of an offence carrying a maximum punishment of five years or more, without reference to the circumstances of the offence or the offender, and if so, whether that infringement was justified under s. 1. Held: The appeal should be allowed and the cross-appeal dismissed. With respect to the main appeal, assuming without deciding that s. 7 is applicable, ss. 82.1 and 83 of the Immigration Act, 1976, do not infringe or deny the rights guaranteed by s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and reliance upon the certificate authorized by s. 83 of the Immigration Act, 1976, did not result in an infringement of s. 7 having regard to the process followed by the Security Intelligence Review Committee. With respect to the cross-appeal, the requirement that persons convicted of an offence carrying a maximum punishment of five years or more be deported, without reference to the circumstances of the offence or the offender, does not offend s. 15, or ss. 7 or 12 assuming without deciding that these sections applied. The Court must look to the principles and policies underlying immigration law in determining the scope of principles of fundamental justice as they apply here. The most fundamental principle of immigration law is that non-citizens do not have an unqualified right to enter or remain in the country. The common law recognizes no such right and the Charter recognizes the distinction between citizens and non-citizens. While permanent residents are given the right to move to, take up residence in, and pursue the gaining of a livelihood in any province in s. 6(2), only citizens are accorded the right "to enter, remain in and leave Canada" in s. 6(1). Parliament therefore has the right to adopt an immigration policy and to enact legislation prescribing the conditions under which non-citizens will be permitted to enter and remain in Canada. It has done so in the Immigration Act. A permanent resident has a right to remain in Canada only if he or she has not been convicted of a more serious offence -- one for which a term of imprisonment of five years or more may be imposed. This condition represents a legitimate, non-arbitrary choice by Parliament of a situation in which it is not in the public interest to allow a non-citizen to remain in the country. All persons falling within the class of permanent residents described in s. 27(1)(d)(ii) have deliberately violated an essential condition under which they were permitted to remain in Canada. Fundamental justice is not breached by deportation: it is the only way to give practical effect to the termination of a permanent resident's right to remain in Canada. Compliance with fundamental justice does not require that other aggravating or mitigating circumstances be considered. The deportation authorized by ss. 27(1)(d)(ii) and 32(2) was not cruel and unusual. The standards of decency are not outraged by the deportation of a permanent resident who has deliberately violated an essential condition of his or her being permitted to remain in Canada by committing a serious criminal offence. Rather, those standards would be outraged if individuals granted conditional entry into Canada were permitted to violate those conditions deliberately and without consequence. A deportation scheme applicable to permanent residents, but not to citizens, does not infringe s. 15 of the Charter. Section 6 of the Charter specifically provides for differential treatment of citizens and permanent residents in this regard. While permanent residents are given various mobility rights in s. 6(2), only citizens are accorded the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada in s. 6(1). The effect of the certificate under s. 83 was to direct the Immigration Appeal Board to dismiss any appeal made on compassionate grounds pursuant to s. 72(1)(b) and so limit the appeal to questions of fact or law or mixed fact and law. Neither the substantive