Taking care of our own issues
After over a year of exile, living in an embassy in Sudan, Abousfian Abdelrazik is finally (maybe) allowed to return home1.
Although he is a Canadian citizen, he was not allowed to fly home to Canada. Our own security services, including CSIS and the RCMP, have cleared him of any terrorist ties, but he remains on a UN blacklist. This has prompted our government to ignore its own agencies to refuse Abdelrazik a flight home.
Even when Abdelrazik was ordered to appear in front of the House of Commons, he was still not allowed to return to Canada. I don’t see how they expect him to appear if they won’t allow it. At least one letter written to the consular service came back with no helpful information.
Now, it seems that the Supreme Court has seen some reason, and ordered the government to return Abdelrazik to Canada. where the Canadian citizen can stand Canadian trial, if warranted, or be released, as our local police and security services have apparently recommended.
The foreign ministry is still reviewing the decision, to determine whether they will appeal.
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