Thankfully, the judiciary is separate from the government. While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might have gone along with Khadr’s request, he wasn’t the one calling the shots here. Edmonton Justice June Ross was – and she made the right call.
Khadr was seeking easier travel throughout Canada, a Canadian passport to travel to Saudi Arabia for a pilgrimage to Mecca and unsupervised conversations with his sister, Zaynab Khadr.
Justice Ross denied him all of that on the grounds the restrictions he faces are not needlessly onerous and there’s no evidence they impose hardship on him.
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