Liberal Party of Canada
Omar Khadr returns
Omar Khadr has returned to Canada. Here are government and Liberal Party statements: Statement by Liberal Leader Bob Rae on the Repatriation of Omar Khadr…
Omar Khadr
8 posts on Omar Khadr from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Should Omar Khadr be charged with High Treason?
According to the Criminal Code of Canada: 46. (1) Every one commits high treason who, in Canada, (c) assists an enemy at war with Canada, or any armed forces…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Omar Khadr questions for Jack Layton, Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff
Mr. Layton, now that Omar Khadr is a convicted and sentenced murderer, do you believe that a future Canadian government will owe an official apology to him?…
Liberal Party of Canada
Ironic press release of the day
The Liberal Party put out this release today: OTTAWA –The Harper government must stop their ongoing complicity in human rights abuses against Omar Khadr by…
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff’s uncertain position on the civil liberties of terror suspects
“We have to chart a path somehow in which we make some hard choices, some lesser evils, that is to say I’m not sure we can keep to a pure civil libertarian…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Omar Khadr: try him but not here
The status of Omar Khadr has been an issue that has been hotly debated in Canada and one that has recently seen media attention around the world with the…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Omar Khadr interrogation – supporting documents
Tomorrow, video of the Canadian/American interrogation of Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay will be released to the public. DVDs containing the video are said to…
US Politics
My question for John McCain
Senator McCain initially jokes that he’s non-committal on making Canada his first foreign visit, however, he followed this up with the following, “Certainly, I…