I was not sure which was his country of birth. So unless he chooses to renounce his Canadian citizenship and live in Egypt, he is indeed Canada's responsibility. I agree that his father and mother bear the lions share of the blame in this mess.
From what I can tell from a quick look into it, he's never lived in Egypt, at least not for any significant amount of time.
Omar was born in Toronto. His parents have moved him back and forth between Toronto, Pakistan and Afghanistan for all of his life.
His father is Egyptian. His mother is Palestinian. Most of the children were born in Canada, and all the living members of the family live in Toronto.
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"Under the International Transfer of Offenders Act, he is a Canadian citizen. He is also a Canadian citizen under the Charter which entitles him to come back to Canada, eventually," Toews told QMI Agency.
"The issue is when does he come back to Canada? That's a determination I have to make and I haven't made any decision in that respect yet."
The CONservatives just can't make a decision, can they?
Sure they can. It's "No" for now. And this is certainly not a pressing matter.
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Sure they can. It's "No" for now. And this is certainly not a pressing matter.
Upholding the Charter is not a pressing matter?
They have been dragging their feet on this for years. Action is overdue.
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They have been dragging their feet on this for years. Action is overdue.
Why would he want to uphold the charter when Bill C-30 is designed to bypass the Charter altogether?
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They have been dragging their feet on this for years. Action is overdue.
It's only one guy.
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if "one guy" can have his rights discarded by our country, then we all can.
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on a side note regarding the government taking him back, this is after they spent more than $3 million in legal fees trying to deny him his charter rights, and then when the US tells them jump, Harper says "how high?"
everything about this government reeks. the waste of money over their silly ideology and then the pavlovian response to anything the US tells them. it's embarrassing.
if "one guy" can have his rights discarded by our country, then we all can.
Ensuring the freedom of criminals wouldn't be on the top of my list. Neither would "the right to have the government attempt to extradite you" be one of those that I would expect a federal government devote significant attention to. If they believed he had been wrongfully imprisoned, that would be another matter.
I see no evidence that Canada is jumping for the U.S. in this case--or else he would already be here.
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