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Not true, it was predominantly native culture and religion that .. ah screw it , why explain it.

Not caring about what our courts say would be excellent optics?

Charles would say report it and ignore them.

Bush can classify whoever he wants, however he wants. He doesn't have the right to ignore the constitution though. Probably another reason why he is a little hesitant to cross international borders these days. He's guilty of war crimes in the eyes of the ICC.

I think both Chretien's and Harper's governments were lax in dealing with the case. And they were even worse than simply lax when Canada sent officials to Gitmo to interview Khadr, especially knowing he was sleep deprived etc., and then turned over the results of those talks to the US folks at the kangaroo court. Had Khadr not plead guilty he may still be sitting in Cuba. I don't like nor dislike Khadr, but legally the whole thing was handled poorly on both sides of the border. One main reason being was that Bush decided that habeas corpus didn't apply to people held by his military in Gitmo, which was likely equally as illegal as the Iraq war was.

It's strange watching people who want to introduce themselves as champions of law and order, dismissing law and order. The past three governments chose to violate the Canadian charter and international law. They fought tooth and nail to cover themselves and their masters down south, by spending over $5 million of our money in legal fees against Omar Khadr. They finally gave in to the fact that there is nothing they could do and the rule of law will be upheld. The above is just one part of this whole equation. Another is the lack of empathy displayed by people who have a hard time understanding that a child was involved. A child who was put into a situation he had no control over. A child, a Canadian citizen, who was left by the Canadian officials to be tortured and many of his rights violated. This ruling and the response by our current government (where they had no choice but to accept), gives me hope that we are actually better than most other countries when it comes to realizing justice and law. Screw anyone who wants to abandon our charter.

Too late I think, we have built a system that can't get of its own way. Great for lawyers but not so much for everyone else.

This is lunatic nonsense of the worst sort. It precludes any kind of intelligent discussion.

Nope. Brokered deal. It never went to the courts.

Can you point to where it says this in our Charter, Constitution or any other official document that upholds our most cherished ideals?

1- They were killed. 2-We did not invade Afganistan that is your political opinion, but its not a legal one and the actual fact is the government asked us to come in and protect them from the Taliban, In your world we should do nothing when terrorists terrorize a nation and its people. In my world we should stop such autrocities. 3-Who were the people Canada paid and were they engaged in terrorism? 4-If you don't understand how important it is not to reward a terrorist and have them profit indirectly from their terrorism dpn't you dare have the audacity to tell a soldier who puts his life on the life so you are not killed from terrorists he is less important in value then that terrorist. You talk iike that you don't deserve any soldier defending the way of life you take for granted and are making a mockery of hero worshipping terrorists.

Your idiocy again shows. First you raise a topic that has nothing to do with the thread. Then your insipid comment doesn't even address the idiocy you spewed. You stated the US never persecuted US war criminals, it has. Now you try change the subject to day there are millions of US War criminal terrorists never reprimanded. Your first stamen I challenged that the US has never prosecuted US war criminals is false. Public record shows that. You now compound your idiotic and childish comment by spewing back there are millions of US War criminals. You invented the number. You spew and fabricate on this forum without any thought. You ejaculate numbers. What is even more pathetic is you have come on this forum posing as if you are the only one who provides sources to back your points of view and on this thread all you have done is engage in childish name calling and fabrications because you are arm chair Jihadist posing as if you are at war with the US. Millions. You bet.

Canada's relationship with the US is fairly typical of a small (by population) country next to a larger one that speaks the same (or similar) language. You'll find the same anxiety of influence in Ireland, Belgium, Pakistan and New Zealand. BTW HP is originally British, not American, although it is now produced by Heinz in the Netherlands. I am an avid consumer. Superficially, the two countries are very similar but Canadian values are not as far out on the individualistic and religious side: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness versus peace, order and good government. We are closer to Western Europe when it comes to religion, taxes, government etc. Broadly speaking, you can see a similar, gradual change in US values as you move north and to the east and west coasts. Lord knows what the global smartphone/internet experiment will do to both cultures.