Ottawa

His pledge to reassess was quickly reassessed

Peter MacKay, commenting today on the latest developments in regards to Omar Khadr. “Clearly Canada, Mr. Khadr’s counsel and everyone involved in these cases will be reassessing their positions.”

The Prime Minister’s office, commenting shortly thereafter on same. “There’s no change in our position.”

(Discussing this in the bureau, Paul argues, quite plausibly, that it’s possible to reconcile these two statements.)

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