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This past Saturday, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School of York University hosted a conference titled "Canada 2020: The future of public interest law." The keynote speech was by prominent immigration lawyer and human rights advocate Barbara Jackman. Jackman has been involved in nearly all of the Supreme Court cases related to non-citizen issues. She references the following milestone cases in her talk: In 1985 Singh vs. Canada results in a decision that, indeed,non-citizens are entitled to protection under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In addition, the Immigrant and Refugee Board was created. Baker vs. Canada in 1999: the court found that non-citizens who were applying for permanent residency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds are entitled to administrative due process with respect to their applications -- and that reviewers of these cases have to take into account the best interests of children. In 2002, Suresh vs. Canada: the Supreme Court found that in