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Old 21-03-2009, 11:38   #21
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Re: M.P. not welcome in Canada ...

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Originally Posted by Eric View Post
Just back from Montreal, what a wonderful city .... anyhow, the leader of the opposition, Michael Ignatieff, said in an interview that it was not a question of freedom of speech. Galloway would have every right to come here and "talk rubbish"; but the Canadian govt. considers Hamas to be a terrorist organization, (go figure, eh); and that anyone who has had links to Hamas is a security threat. Anyone who is deemed a security threat is not allowed into Canada.
In the news report I saw, Galloway said his only affiliation with Hamas was giving aid - supplied by people of the United Kingdom - to starving people in Palestine.
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