Omar Khadr and values in a time of ‘war’

With the Conservatives looking to resume hammering the government on its $10.5-million payment to Omar Khadr when Parliament returns Sept. 18, there’s room for more context in this debate.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured earlier this year, took the lead this summer defending the government's $10.5-million payment to Omar Khadr after they reached a settlement over Mr. Khadr's lawsuit that alleged the government had violated his rights while he was in prison in Guantanamo Bay. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

September 5, 2017

Societal values, especially “Canadian” ones, have had recent public airings. In the 2015 election and the subsequent leadership campaign for the Conservative Party there were a variety of comments offered on the values that should be associated with Canadian society. Those debates offered little...

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