Economics trumped human rights, Manley says

[CHIMO]

OTTAWA — Canada's economic health, not civil liberties, was the chief concern in a cross-border security deal with the United States in the wake of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, says the former deputy prime minister.

A key question in the Arar case is the role played by the RCMP in providing information to U.S. officials, who later used it to deport him to Syria, where he says he was tortured into false confessions of terrorist activity.

Waldman noted that Arar had come under suspicion not because the Mounties considered him a direct terrorist threat, but because he had been seen in the company of others who had been targeted in an anti-terrorist investigation.

But Manley said he's not sure it's technically feasible to curb the cross-border flows of police and intelligence files.


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...unbelievable. Just ....... unbelievable.

Burn some more barns. Nobody gives a dam nor pays attention.

[Maple]

1. And Manley thinks

he'll get to be Liberal leader this way.

Noooooooooooooo

Stop it John.

We don't want to join.

[Spazito]

2. Manley won't get the leadership of the Libs....

He wants Canada to be the 51st State and is working with that US/Canadian group, Task Force on the Future of North America, to try and make it happen. Canadians overwhelmingly DON'T support his crap so, if he even tries to run, this should be front and center.

http://www.canadians.org/documents/TF_ReportFeb05.pdf