Canadians protest war crimes
StopWar.ca has organized protests against Bush's November 30 visit to Ottawa
This is a short excerpt of a letter sent to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Sgro by a Canadian group called Lawyers Against the War:
Wednesday, November 24, 2004Maybe Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales has produced a secret memo explaining how the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act do not render President Bush "inadmissible" to Canada.
The Honourable Judy Sgro, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Ottawa Canada K1A 1L1
Tel: 1 613 954 1064
Fax: 1 613 957 2688
Minister@cic.gc.ca
sgro.j@parl.gc.ca
Dear Minister Sgro;
Re: President George W. Bush proposed November 30th 2004 visit to Canada.
We wrote to Prime Minister Martin on November 19 2004 protesting the invitation of President Bush to Canada on the grounds of the PresidentÂ’s flagrant commission of the most serious crimes against international law...As that letter indicates, many of the crimes of which President Bush stands accused are crimes under Canadian law, specifically under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.
We are writing to you now to remind you that these crimes render President Bush inadmissible to Canada under our immigration laws. Because responsibility for the operation and enforcement of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act lies with you and your Ministry, we are calling on you to advise the Prime Minister of this fact and to insist that he rescind this invitation out of respect for our laws....
