Galloway loses appeal for Canadian visa
April 01 2009 by Ajay Hasija
Canadian immigration has rejected an appeal from UK MP, George Galloway, which would have allowed him to enter Canada after he was initially refused a visa due to his controversial political opinions and support of the Hamas government in Gaza.
Federal Court judge, Luc Martineau, said there were insufficient grounds to overrule the rejection of the Canadian visa. Galloway was seeking an injunction that would allow him to speak at anti-war events and was accusing Ottawa of censorship.
Judge Martineau said, "as a fundamental principle of immigration law, non-citizens do not have an unqualified right to enter in Canada. In this respect, Parliament has expressly given the CBSA officers legal authority to exclusively determine whether a foreign national who seeks to enter this country is admissible.”
Galloway has donated cars and thousands of dollars to the Hamas government and supports the Palestinian ‘resistance,’ accusing Israel of “genocidal aggression” during the December offensive.
Galloway was scheduled to speak at the ‘Resisting War from Gaza to Kandahar’ forum, which is taking place in Toronto. He was also planning speeches in Ontario and Montreal.
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