A History of Hypocrisy
Canadian complicity links U.S. Cold War torture with cases like Maher Arar’s May 2008
I.To judge by the statements of government officials, Canada is—as it should be—staunchly opposed to torture. Just over two decades ago, Canada became one of the first countries to ratify the United Nations Convention against Torture, adopting an absolute ban on “any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person.” In…