UPDATE: The group bringing Galloway to Ottawa says the show will go on:
UPDATE: The group bringing Galloway to Ottawa says the show will go on:
The Ottawa Peace Assembly — the city-wide coalition of groups committed to peace and human rights — affirms today that we will defy this travel ban. One way or another – whether by streaming video or in person – Canadians are going to hear what George Galloway and the peace have to say, whether the Harper government likes it or not.
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George Galloway isn’t too pleased with the Federal government’s decision to ban him from the country:
“We’ll be in court soon to try and overturn this,” Galloway said. “Canada remains a free country with an independent judiciary. They will have to review whether he has acted reasonably in these circumstance.”
And this:
“I’m not a supporter of terrorism,” Galloway told the Citizen from his London office on Friday.