Members of the House of Commons will vote on a proposed bill that would replace Canada's controversial security certificate legislation.

The Supreme Court of Canada struck down the previous legislation, calling the indefinite detention of foreign nationals unconstitutional, and gave Parliament one year to come up with an alternative.

The [spineless] Liberals have said they will support the crucial vote, which means the bill will likely pass. But given its controversial nature, it could be challenged in court.

Lawyer Paul Cavalluzzo said he believes Canada's high court should also strike down the new version of the bill.

"I still don't think it meets constitutional standards," he said. "There are still a number of inadequacies within the bill itself, unfortunately." It is the same as the United States does by sending people to prisons, in many countries, where they can be tortured and held indefinitely without legal counsel and never be charged with any crime.

Cavalluzzo, who specializes in constitutional law and was lead counsel in the Maher Arar inquiry, said the stakes are too high to continue to prevent defendants from seeing evidence against them. (The bill is in fact, illegal, under Canadian Law via the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms)

"We're talking about possibly indefinite detention," he said. "You could be talking about deportation to a country that practises torture", which Canada has authorized.

The proposed legislation, like its predecessor, cannot be used against Canadian citizens, yet it is proven that it is used against Canadian citizens. The government has argued that the draconian measures are excusable because anyone held under the law can get out of jail any time they want as long as they leave Canada and do not return.

Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh said the proposed bill still has many inadequacies, but there wasn't enough time to force through any more changes.

"The court deadline [of Feb. 23] would have arrived … and we wouldn't have a law and the whole regime would have fallen by the wayside and that is not a responsible thing for any political party to do," he said.

While not all Liberals agree with their [spineless] Party's decision to support the bill, more than enough are expected to vote with the government to assure its passage.

As proven the Canadian Media will continue to support torture and imprisonment of Canadians because they are as gutless as their U.S, and U. K. counterparts.