Comments on: Why is the Justice Dept asking the Supreme Court to quickly decide if they’ll hear the Khadr case or not?

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:46:58 +0000

I.e. guilt by association with his parents, is your approach.

I don’t think Canadians want such a “justice” system.

Besides, he was a child soldier and we signed an international treaty in that respect.

Furthermore, in Canada accused persons get 2 days credit for every day in pretrial detention. So even if Omar was found guilty of second degree murder (? when you are attacked by soldiers?) by an objective (!!!) court he would have been eligible for parole some time ago.

As I wrote elsewhere, it’s not primarily about Khadr. It’s mainly about us and what kind of society we wish to live in.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:48:06 +0000

@kwittet,

Blah, blah blah… he was a kid, captured in proximity of a killing and then tossed in a gulag without charge or trial for 6+ years where he was abused and tortured, with the complicity of CSIS and both the Liberals and Conservatives. Given that, wouldn’t you vow revenge if put in his spot? Not that I believe you – provide a link to prove this assertion or STFU, liar.

He can’t get a fair trial in Gitmo any more than Solzhenitsyn could get a fair trial in Siberia.

You, sunshine, are an ignorant fascist.

By: kwittet

kwittet — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:26:50 +0000

Why should we care so much about Omar Khadr and the Khadr family?

Well first off PM Jean Chretien paid a personal visit to Omar Khadr’s father, a terrorist, who was in prison in Pakistan where/when Chretien saw to it that your tax dollars went to release a terrorist who hated Canada but liked the medical system.
Omar’s mother said ‘live’ on camera that her family are supporters of AL-QAEDA . Guess what, she was given first class plane ticket to return to Canada by Jean Chretien, she also made that same statement on CTV.
Omar khadr on 60 minutes made a vow to his brother that when he is released from prison, he will take revenge on the AMERICANS.
THE LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA were in government at the time when OMAR was arrested and did nothing about it. The liberals like their beloved MSM are cowards to admit that they are the ones who left OMAR in prison since 2002 when the conservatives when in opposition.(and harper has dropped the ball also) I still say our govt should be forcing the americans to have a trial THERE. Not here.

By: KC

KC — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:18:33 +0000

Not a bad theory at all. The old adage is that “tough cases make bad law”. If you don’t like the idea that a “duty to protect” is a principle of fundamental justice, and you don’t like the court ordering the government on how to conduct foreign affairs the Khadr case may be the wrong facts to take to the SCC. The court may want to help Khadr and find the legal principles to do so.

By: Gayle

Gayle — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:57:25 +0000

1. Wants to give Khadr’s counsel less time to prepare, or
2. Does not care if he loses because if he does then Harper v “liberal courts” helps him raise more money, or
3. Asking for an expedited hearing means it is more likely a stay of the FCA order will be granted (and this one I think is probably true).