CANADA'S SHAME IN THE OMAR KHADR CASE GROWING

Bad enough that child soldiers are revictimized. Bad enough that a grieviously wounded minor is charged with murder and war crimes. Shameful that our federal government would not help Omar Khadr a Canadian citizen but rather in fact continue to victimize him by keeping him behind bars in order to curry favour with the Americans. This last travesty merely adds further fuel to Canada's shame. Last Thursday's Waterloo Region Record carrys this story "Memo casts doubt on Khadr case". It appears that the very legal foundation upon which charges were initially laid by the U.S. against Omar Khadr are flawed. Therefore it is conceivable that his conviction had no legal merit which also brings up the question whether the Candian government knew that in September 2012 when Khadr was repatriated to Canada. If they didn't know then the U.S. government have misled one of their closest allies in order to induce them to wrongfully incarcerate one of their own citizens. If they did know then Canadian government officials desperately require some jail time of their own. Firstly as a learning experience and secondly as a deterrent to future politicians and bureaucrats.