Tor.Star:It's telling that Ottawa has not demanded answers from Washington

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In this moral abyss, our society has come to accept as normal the lawlessness of President George W. Bush's "war on terror," which includes waging illegal war and perpetrating grotesque human rights violations, including secret prisons, torture and perpetual detention without trial.

While many Canadians reject this new norm, Ottawa has embraced it. Under the Liberals, Parliament passed a sweeping anti-terrorism law that wiped out crucial civil liberties.

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So far, Stephen Harper has declined to say whether he will heed O'Connor's recommendation that Ottawa lodge formal protests with the United States and Syria. This is, surely, the least Harper must do to signal Canada is not willing to accept lawlessness in the name of fighting terror.

But Harper knows a formal protest would infuriate Washington. And he has carefully cultivated close ties with the White House, signalling, as he did on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, Canada's full support for Bush's "war on terror."

It's interesting to recall Harper's extravagant moral outrage over the sponsorship scandal.

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