Statement made on 13 March 2008 by Senator Roméo Dallaire
Hon. Roméo Antonius Dallaire:
Honourable senators, my question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. There is a young man named Ishmael Beah currently living in the United States. For three years, he was a child soldier in the revolutionary army in Sierra Leone. During that time, he committed atrocities far worse than those Mr. Khadr, who is currently being held in Guantanamo, is being charged with.
Mr. Beah has written a book. He is living in the United States and has become an international ambassador for UNICEF. This is about a Canadian citizen who was a child soldier at 15 and was shot twice while engaged in military operations.
Can the Leader of the Government in the Senate explain to us why the government is refusing to bring Omar Khadr back to Canada so that he can be tried in a Canadian court?
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