I hesitate about this idea of simply being a dutiful son and obeying his father. I wouldn't try to whitewash what Khadr did and I don't mean to judge him either, but one cannot step in just on the basis that he did nothing wrong. I think we have to step in on the basis that it doesn't really matter whether he did something wrong or not; even if he did something very wrong, his rights still need to be respected. They're not being respected now, and it's a Canadian responsibility to see they are respected, no matter how badly he personally behaved.
On May 5th, 2008. See this statement in context.