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neddy65 · 03-25-2004, 04:29 PM

My best friend's father is a holocaust denier. His politics suck, in my opinion but here is the rub, even though he has never been convicted of a crime in Canada, the govt took away his citizenship and tried to send him back to Germany.
A little history, he has resided in Canada for almost 40 years and once ran for the leadership of the liberal party in Ont. He has been brought up on hate crime charges several times and has won every case. 3 or 4 years ago the govt revoked his citizenship and made plans to send him to Germany where he has been convicted of hate crimes in absentia. My friend's father went to Kentucky instead and lived quietly until late in 2003 when the INS decided he had overstayed his welcome and shipped him to Canada to face extradition.
Canada cannot send him to Germany because the crime he has been convicted of there does not exist here. He is being held in jail here while he applies for refugee status. He is being held under the National Security blanket law not because he is a threat to national security but because he may influence people who could be a threat to national security.
I dislike what he stands for and all who follow him but this is a classic example of govt run amoke. How can we hold someone in jail when he has never been convicted of any crime.
Your thoughts please.

03-25-2004, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
neddy65 Loves green eggs and ham Location: I'm just sittin' here watching the world go round and round	My best friend's father My best friend's father is a holocaust denier. His politics suck, in my opinion but here is the rub, even though he has never been convicted of a crime in Canada, the govt took away his citizenship and tried to send him back to Germany. A little history, he has resided in Canada for almost 40 years and once ran for the leadership of the liberal party in Ont. He has been brought up on hate crime charges several times and has won every case. 3 or 4 years ago the govt revoked his citizenship and made plans to send him to Germany where he has been convicted of hate crimes in absentia. My friend's father went to Kentucky instead and lived quietly until late in 2003 when the INS decided he had overstayed his welcome and shipped him to Canada to face extradition. Canada cannot send him to Germany because the crime he has been convicted of there does not exist here. He is being held in jail here while he applies for refugee status. He is being held under the National Security blanket law not because he is a threat to national security but because he may influence people who could be a threat to national security. I dislike what he stands for and all who follow him but this is a classic example of govt run amoke. How can we hold someone in jail when he has never been convicted of any crime. Your thoughts please. __________________ If you're travelling at the speed of light, and you turn the headlights on, do they do anything? My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die! Drink Dickens' Hard Cider because nothing makes a girl smile like a Hard DIckens' Cider!