Responding to a leaked American cable outlining a 2008 conversation with CSIS director Jim Judd and Eliot Cohen, a senior State Department official, Michael Ignatieff said his party stands behind the court-ordered restrictions.
“I’ll just say this: I’m proud of our Charter, I’m proud of our courts. I’m proud of the fact that there are limits on what agencies and our government can do,” Ignatieff said. “That’s always been our position. We’re a country of freedom. We’re a country of democracy.”
A clear statement, a good statement. Shows respect for the Courts and for Canadians.
But Michael, they’re just words if you don’t back them up with actions.
We're watching.
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Aye - paying lip-service to something crucial, like rights, the constitution or climate change, is worth squat.
Just look at Harper and Co., keeping on talking the talk but not walking the walk with regards to transparency, climate change, and so on.
I take Iggy's words with a metric ton of salt.
He personifies entitlement and opportunism. To even go anywhere near justifying torture is foremost on my mind when he speaks.
no kidding, Beijing. Seriously, there's no conservative party, and there's no liberal party. Both parties have compromised so much that they are - well, what you said.
I am so angry, but I just wrote about the value of being decent, so I better behave.
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