A AUSTERE. AWE INSPIRING. Dedication ceremony 9 The National September 11 Memorial Museum is unveiled in New York FOLIO, PAGES A6-7 CANADA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER • THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 HOCKEY NHL PLAYOFFS SECURITY CERTIFICATES .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Fast and furious Supreme Court HABS WIN SERIES 4-3 Agility, cunning, speed overcome brute strength as the Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins 3-1 in Game 7 SPORTS upholds altered anti-terror law Judges’ discretion needed for fairness, ruling states ..................................................................................................................................... SEAN FINE OTTAWA The ruling came after a 12-year JUSTICE WRITER battle by a former Ottawa pizza ................................................................ delivery man, Mohamed Harkat, Canada’s top court has upheld a whom the Canadian government tough anti-terrorism law aimed declared a danger to Canada and at deporting foreign suspects, rul- a member of the al-Qaeda terror- ing that its saving grace is the ist network in 2002. ability of judges to keep an eye However, Mr. Harkat may never out for unfairness. be deported to his native Algeria “The discretion granted to des- because of the risk of death or tor- ignated judges is the crucial in- ture there, and because the court gredient that allows the proceed- has said the danger posed by peo- ings to remain fair from begin- ple such as Mr. Harkat diminishes ning to end,” Chief Justice Bever- over time. Except for three years ley McLachlin wrote for a in prison, he has been living in the unanimous court decision about community, with his wife and the federal security-certificate mother at one point entrusted system. with keeping an eye on him. It was a message, if an indirect Public Safety Minister Steven one, to a Conservative govern- Blaney expressed satisfaction with ment that has been trying to the overall ruling, but the Cana- reduce judicial discretion in sen- dian Council for Refugees and the tencing and has run into road- International Civil Liberties Moni- blocks from judges at all levels: toring Group said it leaves in place Tough laws can stand if they pre- a fundamentally unfair process serve a judge’s role in safeguard- that relies on secret evidence. ing fairness. Anti-terror law, Page 5 UNITED STATES U OF SASK. From gavel Professor’s to gridiron, firing sparks ground shifts freedom of for gay rights speech debate ................................................................ ................................................................ OMAR EL AKKAD PORTLAND ALLAN MAKI The Montreal Canadiens erupt in celebration at the end of Game 7 in Boston Wednesday. ASSOCIATED PRESS ................................................................ ................................................................ rom the courtroom to the A tenured professor defied a gag Ffootball field, it has been a order on speaking out against the TIANANMEN SQUARE UKRAINE historic week for gay rights in the University of Saskatchewan’s Canada takes new tack on United States. plans to cut staff and cancel pro- China tightens grip on activists Russia as gunmen target vote In a series of court rulings grams, leading not only to his As pro-Russian fighters in across the country, judges have dismissal but to a debate over the as grim anniversary nears Donetsk seize control of a key either struck down or appear duties of management versus the Ukrainian election office and poised to strike down same-sex privileges of academic freedom. marriage bans in several states. Robert Buckingham, dean of ..................................................................................................................................... vow not to allow the country’s May 25 vote to proceed, Ottawa This past Friday, an Arkansas Public Health, was fired Wednes- NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE BEIJING mute the memories of the stu- asks business leaders to avoid judge ruled that state’s ban void. day for criticizing the university ................................................................ dents who died then, and the travelling to Russia in an effort On Wednesday, a federal court over its TransformUS project, or most of the past five loss of faith in the Communist to isolate the Putin regime over judge in Idaho followed suit. An- which would see jobs lost and Fmonths, Hu Jia has sat inside Party that ensued. On Tuesday, its Ukraine aggression. other half-dozen states have seen faculties combined in a bid to his Beijing home and waited. One activists reported the disappea- News, Page A9 similar rulings, which are now save $25-million. Dr. Buckingham day, he is certain, a knock will rance of three journalists, amid a Report on Business, Page B1 before the appeals courts. believed his freedom of speech come and he will once again find crackdown on the memory of The rulings are illustrative of a allowed him to express his con- himself in jail, or some other Tiananmen’s dead that the activ- wider shift in the country’s ongo- cerns over how the university place where he can be kept ists say is the worst in at least a ATLANTIC EDITION ing dialogue over gay rights . was restructuring. The university silent. decade. Halifax: High 14, Low 9 Many of the bans being struck said senior leaders were expected That day may be soon. At least Mr. Hu has himself been living Complete Forecast: Page 12 down were once ushered in with to publicly support the school five prominent government crit- with constant reminders of his overwhelming public support. even if they felt otherwise. ics have already been been vulnerability – he has already Rarely do gay rights take centre That didn’t sit well with Dr. 1 ................................................................ detained by Chinese authorities spent 3 ⁄2 years in jail. He joined stage in mainstream U.S. culture Buckingham, who wrote a public in the weeks leading up to June 4, the 1989 student protests as a 15- Globeandmail.com access to the extent they have this week. letter Tuesday entitled “The the 25th anniversary of the day year-old and is now often called is FREE to all 5-6 day subscribers. Even as the rulings on same-sex Silence of the Deans” alleging when Chinese soldiers and tanks China’s leading activist. Since Jan. Subscribe at tgam.ca/globeunlimited marriage were being issued, a that university president Illene were ordered to open fire on 17, with a few exceptions for holi- massive portion of TV viewers Busch-Vishniac told a group of their own people around Tianan- days, he has been under house were watching another watershed senior staffers their tenure men Square. arrest – a condition he has been moment – taking place during “would be short” if they publicly More arrests will almost cer- told will last until June 8. (HDFFC|00004Z /c.a the NFL’s annual draft. opposed the plan. tainly come as China seeks to China, Page 9 Gay rights, Page 12 Professor, Page 4 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 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