Mr. Martin didn't specify Sunday what exactly he knows now that he didn't know before, but his remarks are consistent with those made by other members of the former Liberal government, including Mr. Graham.Hmmmm, that's funny... that's not what the paper trail says.
Anne McLellan, Irwin Cotler and current Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion all now say either that they were unaware of the extent of the abuse allegations involving Mr. Khadr or that it is time he was tried in a Canadian court.
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FROM THE COMMENTS:
"Paul Martin? Huh. That name sounds strangely familiar."**********
"Was he anybody important?"
RELATED: Mohamed the "codetalker"
He's smart enough to realise he won't actually get away with using the word "racist"... but watch Mohamed Elmasry dance around it... like a man on fire...
-- TORONTO — The leader of one of Canada's largest Islamic groups says Prime Minister Stephen Harper is indifferent to Omar Khadr's plight because he's "brown-skinned" and a Muslim.(via bcf)
Canadian Islamic Congress president Mohamed Elmasry says Harper is "callously" unconcerned about Khadr. Khadr's lawyers and others want Ottawa to repatriate Khadr from Guantanamo Bay.
In an opinion piece released to the media, Elmasry says Harper has shown a "shocking indifference" to those calls.
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LAST WORD: Sure, let's bring him back...
...and he can get a job at McDonalds...
-- OTTAWA -- Omar Khadr would likely never face conviction in Canada even if there was a way to charge him with an offence under Canadian law, legal experts who advocate his repatriation acknowledge.No, my friend... the real challenge is to figure out why so many professors at Canadian universities have their heads so far up their collective socialist ass... they seem to have lost touch with reality.
University of British Columbia law professor Michael Byers, a noted international law expert and would-be federal NDP candidate, is one of many who want the Toronto-born Khadr released from the U.S. military prison in Cuba.
The real balancing act, he said, is the "challenge to rehabilitate him and to reintegrate him into Canadian society in a way that is respectful of both his rights and also the rights of Canadians to be protected against people who may constitute something of a danger."
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