that security certificate process used against Harkat was fair and reasonable. While this theoretically cleared the way for his deportation to Algeria, the risk that he could be tortured if returned requires the Canada Border Services Agency to balance these risks prior to removing him from Canada. In March 2016 filmmaker Alexandre Trudeau, the younger brother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, wrote a letter to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale asking that Harkat be allowed to stay, causing Erin O'Toole, the Conservative public safety critic and Democracy Watch to demand the Prime Minister recuse himself from any decision regarding Harkat. Danger Opinion Process The decision on the reasonableness of Harkat's security certificate became final when it was upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2014. That said, his removal process remains outstanding. The next step in the process is what is referred to as the danger opinion stage. CBSA sought a danger opinion from the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to determine whether Mr. Harkat poses a danger to national security, whether the nature and severity of the acts committed reach a serious level of gravity, and, if so, whether the risk to Mr. Harkat of deporting him outweighs the danger posed to national security. The danger opinion package with Mr. Harkat’s submissions was provided to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for decision on March 8, 2017, and a senior officer was assigned to consider the case on March 31, 2017. A decision was then reached in his case on October 2, 2018 in which the Minister’s delegate determined that Mr. Harkat should not be allowed to remain in Canada based on the nature and severity of the acts he committed. Harkat's lawyer, Barbara Jackman, told Al Jazeera she filed for a judicial review of his deportation order in November 2018. She stated that as of December 2019 the Federal Court has not received all the information on which the government based its removal decision, and without the complete record, it is unclear when the case would proceed. Jackman applied to court seeking an enhanced hourly fee and the payment of experts’ fees, an application which was denied in June 2020 on the basis that Mr. Harkat had not appealed his denial of legal aid and had provided insufficient information to the court about his finances. As of 2021, Harkat continues to litigate the terms of his