In our opinion, the Abousfian Abdelrazik case shows that the concerns raised by the O'Connor and Iacobucci inquiries have not been resolved. There is a great deal of confusion surrounding this case. At one point, the government said that if he had an airplane ticket, it would provide the documents. Then, when he had a ticket, the documents were not provided. There are always ad hoc reasons why Mr. Abousfian cannot return, despite the fact it is his fundamental right to return to this country.
Therefore, once again, it is as though there are second-class Canadian citizens who do not have the same rights as others and whose internationally-recognized and Charter rights are not respected.
We therefore ask the government to move quickly to put an end to this abuse of Mr. Abousfian Abdelrazik's rights and to bring him home to Canada.