This Space for Rent

There’s going to be a lot of wailing and garment-rending in Ottawa this weekend

Canada's treaty with the U.S. on the treatment of refugees is illegal because the U.S. doesn't comply with conventions protecting asylum seekers and sometimes sends people to countries where they may be tortured, a Canadian judge said.

(--Bloomberg)

So, just how will Mini-Me keep saying that Canada is Maximum Leader Genius's bestest buddy and that he'll do anything to ensure that The True North will maintain its position of #1 bootlicker-4-evah when that damned law keeps stepping up to say "uh, uh, no special privileges for rogue states!" and *interfering* with the torture trade?

Why, you'd almost think that Canada still maintained some simple human dignity despite the increasingly blatant machinations of the EP(C).

Perhaps this will be the time to whip out the notwithstanding clause? It doesn't really apply here, but a skillful despot can twist almost any law to suit their own despicable desires and a swift cloud of rhetoric might be able to dazzle the punters for long enough to get away with it.

(via The Galloping Beaver)