PMO dampens report that Khadr appeal going ahead – Foreign minister’s office had said appeal of Federal Court ruling was going to happen
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon speaks in the House of Commons on Friday. (Patrick Doyle/Canadian Press)
From CBC News
There were mixed messages from the government over whether the Tories will appeal a Federal Court judge’s ruling that Canada must press the U.S. for the return of Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay.
During question period on Friday, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon told the House of Commons that the government will “probably appeal” Justice James O’Reilly’s ruling that Canada must “present a request to the United States for Mr. Khadr’s repatriation as soon as practicable.”
Contacted later by CBC News, officials in Cannon’s office said that the government was going ahead with the appeal.
When CBC News contacted the PMO, a spokesperson said that nothing had changed since Thursday, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the government would be reviewing the ruling and considering an appeal.
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