Finally, a Prime Minister Who Speaks for the Unfairly Persecuted
Finally, a Canadian prime minister who'll speak up for citizens unfairly persecuted in other countries. By speaking out on behalf of Huseyin Celil, a citizen since coming to Canada as a refugee in 2001 and now sentenced to 15 years in a Chinese jail on grounds he's a terrorist, Harper has done something no other Canadian PM has done. He's put the rights of a citizen ahead of diplomatic niceties, and refuses to "sell out Canadian values ... for the almighty dollar."