According to the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, international obligations trump the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, so we don't have to bring a citizen home. So, by that argument, all Canadians have all the rights guaranteed under the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Including, say, Article 13.2: "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including their own, and return to their country". Correct? International obligations trump domestic ones? Isn't that the position?
(Of course it isn't; this is yet another bit of selectively rationalizing nonsense from the Conservatives. But it is so transparently selective that I'm unsure as to why they bothered.)
(Of course it isn't; this is yet another bit of selectively rationalizing nonsense from the Conservatives. But it is so transparently selective that I'm unsure as to why they bothered.)
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