Little Help?

I'm a little unclear on something and I'm hoping someone out there can help.

In regards to the "security certificates" mentioned in yesterday's post, do they apply to foreign born nationals who don't hold a Canadian citizenship or foreign born nationals who do hold Canadian citizenship?

I ask because I read this today:

Laprade was arguing in support of controversial federal security certificates that can lead to indefinite detention of foreign-born terrorist suspects, and to their eventual deportation based on secret evidence presented at closed-door hearings.

Some of the nine judges were clearly reluctant to accept the view that security must always trump individual rights in such cases.

Public safety may be important, observed Justice Louis LeBel, but it's not the whole of the law.

One has to wonder: Why are we concerned with the rights of non-citizens who would do harm against us? Why would we give them the same rights as citizens? If, that's what we're doing in this instance...