Trudeau’s refusal to pay ransom will mean more Canadians die
There’s no evidence a single kidnapping has been prevented by the non-payment of ransom or non-negotiation with the kidnappers, says Gar Pardy.
OTTAWA—The murders of John Ridsdel and Robert Hall in the southern Philippines over the past two months brings into sharp and tragic focus the policy of this and previous governments on how to deal with the kidnapping of Canadians in foreign countries.
The policy in simple terms has been to do ev...
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