More Foreign Affairs Incompetency

We need a serious shake up in the Foreign Affairs department. This is not the first time this has happened. "Canadian diplomats failed to contact the Chinese family of Huseyin Celil for more than 10 months after the Canadian citizen was arrested," So while the Harpocrites saber rattle and endanger our trading relationship with China they should get their ducks in a row before beaking off. Foreign Affairs failed to protect Maher Arar, instead acting as a conduit for CSIS. They failed Canadian businessman William Sampson when he was arrested and tried in secret in Saudi Arabia. The BC Civil Liberties Association has proposed a bill that would force Foreign Affairs and other Canadian government agencies to protect Canadians abroad from torture. It is not just a case of sloppiness or bureaucratic failure it is explicit policy, based on Canada's Security Laws. All of these cases, except Sampson (but he was judged guilty of a crime, by the Suadi's, thus reluctance on the part of FA to do anything) were because the Canadians were considered terrorists by Canada's allies.

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