The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday, July 24, edition that last week several Conservative
MPs aired their criticisms of the $10.5-million Omar Khadr payout in The Wall Street Journal and Fox News. A Globe editorial notes that senior Liberals cried foul, suggesting that in criticizing
the Khadr deal in front of the neighbours, the Conservatives
were undermining Canada's bargaining position in North American free-trade agreement negotiations. The Globe notes that the Liberals are expert at using American media to their advantage, so why not the Conservatives too. The Globe adds, however, that the Tories on the substance of the Khadr case could not
be more wrong. Nonetheless, The Globe says the Tories have every right to talk about
it outside of Canada's borders. The Conservatives are not bringing up the Khadr settlement in
order to cause the NAFTA negotiations to fail. The only people
making the Khadr-NAFTA linkage are Liberals, says The Globe. It says there is simply no
sign that the Conservative Party is using the Khadr case to undermine
the existing pact or any hopes for renegotiation. Conservatives are criticizing the Khadr settlement because they
disagree with it, as is their right.
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