While Chretien was leading a business delegation through Pakistan, he was met one day in a hotel lobby by Ahmed’s wife Maha and her then 9 year-old son Omar.(via sda)
The family pleaded with Chretien to do something to free Ahmed, a Canadian citizen and “humanitarian relief worker” who was wrongly imprisoned.
Prime Minister Chretien promised to raise the issue with Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto; a short time later the elder Khadr was released.
The real legacy...
...of mindless Liberal do-gooding...