For those who feel disgusted by what has become of the US Government, do not worry, Canada is just as bad.
This is a time in which safety trumps all principles, and those who are perceived as a threat to such safety are stripped away of the most basic rights and put into dungeons. Of course, our beacon of hope from such ignorance and cruelty, our federal government, intentionally has one of its own innocent citizens put into a foreign prison where he was beaten and tortured, AGAIN. Currently, this man is stuck living in the lobby of the Canadian embassy in Sudan. His passport expired while he was being tortured. Lovely.
The first instance, with Mr. Arar, it seemed to be a disgusting misunderstanding. Now, with Mr. Abdelrazik from Montreal, it appears it is growing pattern of behaviour by our peace-keeping Canadian government.
Of course, we (I say "we" because "we" allow our government to do these things) are committing these crimes against humanity from fear of backlash of the all-encompassing US government.
Though, the US government would never provide any backlash to Canada because we have too much of what they want (ENERGY), as pointed out by former Prime Minister Jean Chretien in this interview on The Hour. Business is business, and when business isn't profiteering from murdering hundreds of thousands of civilians, it likes to keep things friendly in order to continue doing business.
In other recent instances of former Prime Ministers speaking out from the moral high ground, Paul Martin reminds us that there is a third current example of the Canadian government allowing one of its innocent citizens sit in the jail cell of a brutal prison under a brutal regime, Khadr in Guantanamo.
Anyone else feeling proud of being Canadian?
“If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.”
- Thomas Jefferson
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