To the editor,
Re: Payout to Khadr is unfair and even cruel, Letters, July 18.
Not only are our laws spineless but we have no integrity regarding terrorism and I feel deeply ashamed that my tax dollars are complicit in this ‘reward.’
Canada’s obscene actions will hopefully ensure that no other terrorists are handed over to Canada for release and reward for their terror services to Islam.
I hope that our Nanaimo-Ladysmith member of Parliament will see fit to persuade her fellow MPs to change the laws to ensure this never happens again and to restore some credibility to our obviously broken system. We not only owe it to ourselves but to our fellow external colleagues fighting this scourge.
Michael Jesson, Nanaimo
To the editor,
Re: Government had to settle, Editorial, July 18.
I could not disagree with you more on your editorial. The Supreme Court did not determine that Khadr was entitled to $10.5 million; that was a decision of the Liberal government. The Supreme Court ruled that Khadr, who confessed to throwing a grenade that killed an American soldier, had his civil rights violated largely based upon a technicality relating to his age. This does not entitle him to $10.5 million. How was this amount determined?
The vast majority of Canadians, including members of all political parties, consider this award to be a national embarrassment. Would it change your opinion if Khadr had killed a Canadian soldier? Would you still be defending his constitutional rights?
Doug Johnston, Nanaimo
To the Editor,
Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, foisted on us by Trudeau the elder, is so convoluted legally that it needs continual interpretation by unelected Supreme Court judges. And the supremes decided that Khadr’s rights had been violated which encouraged him to sue the government.
While Trudeau the younger tells us he saved money by settling so soon, it’s also the first time he’s expressed any concern for our tax dollars. The previous Conservative government was prepared to let the case languish in our glacial judicial system which may eventually have cost a bit more, but wouldn’t be seen as capitulating to a terrorist who should have been returned to the U.S.A. to face the charges of those whose lives he ruined.
Jim Corder, Nanaimo