Granted, it is never easy to go to bat for Canadians who get into trouble abroad. Dual nationals such as Fahmy can be even harder to help. And sometimes it is best to hold off on the megaphone diplomacy and work the back channels. But if the Harper government couldn’t get justice for Fahmy it could at least have loudly decried this vicious injustice. Is this the Tories’ self-proclaimed “principled” stance in foreign affairs? To cheer on a coup and look the other way when it abuses one of our citizens? Egypt is reverting to the autocracy it was under Hosni Mubarak, before the Arab Spring swept Mubarak out and Morsi into office. Canadians can see that. So can our close allies. The Harper government disgraces the nation by coddling a violent regime that has nothing but contempt for values we hold dear.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:16:16 +0000
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