Mr. Speaker, Louise Arbour, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has said, “The government is not meeting its obligations to Canadian citizens abroad whose right to return home is being denied.” She was referring to Mr. Khadr and Mr. Abdelrazik.
Will the Canadian government be smart enough to remove the obstacles to their returning to Canada? Section 6.(1) of the Charter clearly states: “Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada.” There is no need to spend another half a million dollars on legal fees to realize that and act accordingly.