Comments on: The Khadr ruling

By: JimBobby

JimBobby — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:12:15 +0000

Some future Canadian government will have to pay Khadr even more millions than Harper paid Arar. Harper consistently puts ideology over common sense and the law, regardless of the financial and ethical cost.

By: Mentarch

Mentarch — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:01:01 +0000

If Harper and his Harpies continue procrastinating or simply refuse to act, methinks SCOC will not take kindly such an afront to their ruling. Expect then a follow up SCOC’s order to repatriate Omar Khadr. It’s up to the Harper government to risk being so humiliated, or not …

I’m betting on the 7th principle of incompetence and predict that a SCOC’s order will be necessary in the end.

By: foottothefire

foottothefire — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:36:35 +0000

There are some constraints on Harper on this one but it sure is likely to embolden him and, if anyone would be inclined to ignore the law it would be a man ignorant of the law…damn, you may be right; Canadians may be in trouble here. Khadr? He was lost a long time ago.

By: Dr.Dawg

Dr.Dawg — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:42:25 +0000

There is no cause for optimism here. Effectively the SCC said, “Yup. Khadr’s Charter rights are being violated every day. You really should do something about that. Tsk, tsk.”

All power to the PM as the SCC goes supine. I shudder to think what would have happened to Abousfian Abdelrazik if the government had appealed the decision of the Federal Court to that gonadless bunch.