10.5 million dollar compensation offer too Omar Khadr
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Dad of dead soldier wants sit-down with PM
By Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun
First posted: Friday, August 04, 2017 03:39 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 04, 2017 06:28 PM EDT
He had time to oversee Omar Khadr’s $10.5-million pay out and apology.
Time for foreign superstars Bono and The Edge on Canada Day and the Aga Khan for Christmas in the Bahamas. He also had to time to boast about his political acumen to Rolling Stone Magazine.
What Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not had time to do is respond to the father of a fallen Canadian soldier in Afghanistan who can’t believe Khadr – similar to a teen who killed his son – is made a millionaire while the lives of their victims’ families remain shattered.
“I feel Khadr committed treason and should be tried for it,” said Fred McKay. “ I sent Prime Minister (Justin) Trudeau a letter July 7 (through his office's Facebook page) and I have not heard back.”
McKay, a 32-year district chief for Toronto Fire Services, said regardless, he and his wife and family will never get over what happened May 13, 2010, when two soldiers stopped by his house to tell him his 24-year-old son, Kevin, was killed.
Pte. Kevin McKay, a member of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Unit (PPCLI), stepped on an improvised explosive device and was killed instantly.
“We had just raised a toast to Kevin finishing his tour and being inside the wire at Kandahar Air Field, sipping a beer, waiting to come home,” said the elder McKay. “Instead, I jumped into a van towards my wife’s work (to tell her the news) and break (her) heart.”
He was supposed to be home, but a volcano meant the skies were not able to handle flights, so Kevin’s team was delayed.
“Rather than skip a day of patrol and give the Taliban a window to plant explosives, they decided to not put the incoming team at risk,” said Fred. “It was supposed to be Kevin’s last patrol there.”
It was.
He stepped out of a house they were sweeping onto an IED planted under the stairs – a blast so powerful, it severely wounded two other soldiers who are still recovering.
“I’ll tell you, it was a punch in the face,” said McKay. “Worst moment in my lifetime.”
But this summer’s bizarre $10.5-million Khadr government settlement and apology became too close to home for McKay and brought it all back to the forefront.
“I mean what the hell?” said McKay. “I don’t mean to be crass, but, really? Paying and apologizing for a Canadian working with the enemy and building IEDs to kill our people?”
Fred McKay wrote six people about the settlement, including three members of parliament: John Brassard (Barrie-Innisfil), Bruce Stanton (Simcoe-North) and Larry Miller (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound), who all wrote back. As did Aaron Wudrick of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and legendary Toronto Sun journalist Mark Bonokoski. McKay also wrote Trudeau. The only one to not get back to him was the prime minister.
He asked Trudeau: since it was a 15-year-old solider similar to Khadr who planted the bomb that stole Kevin, “am I to believe that, should these bomb maker’s families come forward with a lawyer, our Canadian government would apologize and compensate them to the tune of $10 million?”
McKay (pronounced McEye) told Trudeau, “By the way, we received $90,000 from the government when we lost our son, a far cry from the $360,000 maximum. We were told we were receiving that particular sum because Kevin was single and had no dependants, and we accepted that reasoning.”
The mourning father is “not asking for more money” because “Kevin was a soldier and he went off to war and we all knew that he might be killed or wounded.”
But the dad says his objective is to have parliament ask Trudeau to have “Khadr tried for treason since he is seen on video building IEDS while being a Canadian citizen.”
I agree with McKay on this and e-mailed the PMO Friday to try to facilitate contact between he and Trudeau.
Eleanore Catenaro promptly replied, “Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, we don’t foresee an opportunity for you to sit down with the PM due to his busy schedule. I’m adding my colleague Sarah and Rob from Minister (Kent) Hehr’s office here if you would like an official comment on behalf of the government, as it falls under their purview.”
If only I worked for Rolling Stone and if only McKay’s son had been the guy building the bombs instead of being killed by one.
Maybe then there would be some time in Prime Minister Trudeau’s busy schedule.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
Dad of dead soldier wants sit-down with PM | WARMINGTON | Toronto & GTA | News |
By Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun
First posted: Friday, August 04, 2017 03:39 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 04, 2017 06:28 PM EDT
He had time to oversee Omar Khadr’s $10.5-million pay out and apology.
Time for foreign superstars Bono and The Edge on Canada Day and the Aga Khan for Christmas in the Bahamas. He also had to time to boast about his political acumen to Rolling Stone Magazine.
What Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not had time to do is respond to the father of a fallen Canadian soldier in Afghanistan who can’t believe Khadr – similar to a teen who killed his son – is made a millionaire while the lives of their victims’ families remain shattered.
“I feel Khadr committed treason and should be tried for it,” said Fred McKay. “ I sent Prime Minister (Justin) Trudeau a letter July 7 (through his office's Facebook page) and I have not heard back.”
McKay, a 32-year district chief for Toronto Fire Services, said regardless, he and his wife and family will never get over what happened May 13, 2010, when two soldiers stopped by his house to tell him his 24-year-old son, Kevin, was killed.
Pte. Kevin McKay, a member of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Unit (PPCLI), stepped on an improvised explosive device and was killed instantly.
“We had just raised a toast to Kevin finishing his tour and being inside the wire at Kandahar Air Field, sipping a beer, waiting to come home,” said the elder McKay. “Instead, I jumped into a van towards my wife’s work (to tell her the news) and break (her) heart.”
He was supposed to be home, but a volcano meant the skies were not able to handle flights, so Kevin’s team was delayed.
“Rather than skip a day of patrol and give the Taliban a window to plant explosives, they decided to not put the incoming team at risk,” said Fred. “It was supposed to be Kevin’s last patrol there.”
It was.
He stepped out of a house they were sweeping onto an IED planted under the stairs – a blast so powerful, it severely wounded two other soldiers who are still recovering.
“I’ll tell you, it was a punch in the face,” said McKay. “Worst moment in my lifetime.”
But this summer’s bizarre $10.5-million Khadr government settlement and apology became too close to home for McKay and brought it all back to the forefront.
“I mean what the hell?” said McKay. “I don’t mean to be crass, but, really? Paying and apologizing for a Canadian working with the enemy and building IEDs to kill our people?”
Fred McKay wrote six people about the settlement, including three members of parliament: John Brassard (Barrie-Innisfil), Bruce Stanton (Simcoe-North) and Larry Miller (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound), who all wrote back. As did Aaron Wudrick of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and legendary Toronto Sun journalist Mark Bonokoski. McKay also wrote Trudeau. The only one to not get back to him was the prime minister.
He asked Trudeau: since it was a 15-year-old solider similar to Khadr who planted the bomb that stole Kevin, “am I to believe that, should these bomb maker’s families come forward with a lawyer, our Canadian government would apologize and compensate them to the tune of $10 million?”
McKay (pronounced McEye) told Trudeau, “By the way, we received $90,000 from the government when we lost our son, a far cry from the $360,000 maximum. We were told we were receiving that particular sum because Kevin was single and had no dependants, and we accepted that reasoning.”
The mourning father is “not asking for more money” because “Kevin was a soldier and he went off to war and we all knew that he might be killed or wounded.”
But the dad says his objective is to have parliament ask Trudeau to have “Khadr tried for treason since he is seen on video building IEDS while being a Canadian citizen.”
I agree with McKay on this and e-mailed the PMO Friday to try to facilitate contact between he and Trudeau.
Eleanore Catenaro promptly replied, “Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, we don’t foresee an opportunity for you to sit down with the PM due to his busy schedule. I’m adding my colleague Sarah and Rob from Minister (Kent) Hehr’s office here if you would like an official comment on behalf of the government, as it falls under their purview.”
If only I worked for Rolling Stone and if only McKay’s son had been the guy building the bombs instead of being killed by one.
Maybe then there would be some time in Prime Minister Trudeau’s busy schedule.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
Dad of dead soldier wants sit-down with PM | WARMINGTON | Toronto & GTA | News |
No matter how you try and justify it, Khadr the cowardly murderer was rewarded for committing treason and murdering one of the very people that were there to provide him medical care
probably everyone sent to gitmo was a douche. yet probably every country repatriated them.
I still want to know how Canada is to blame for taking too long, when it was kadr and kadr's lawers that delayed the US legal process. he wasn't coming home until the US processes were finalized.
I still want to know how Canada is to blame for taking too long, when it was kadr and kadr's lawers that delayed the US legal process. he wasn't coming home until the US processes were finalized.
Maybe you need some facts to help you form your opinion.
Fact 1, his human rights and legal rights as a Canadian citizen were violated by the Canadian govt.
Fact 2, there is NO legal or lawful justification for fact 1.
Fact 3, settlement ensues same as anyone else because we are equal under the law.
Please note I did not offer or state any personal opinion on this subject but have given the most simple facts used to make the decision in the SCoC and PMO.
Get over it already!
Fact 1: The Canadian gvt DID NOT violate his human rights
Fact 2: He was never a child soldier, just a treasonous Canadian that traveled to make war on Canadians and their allies
Fact 3: His crime was committed in Afghanistan where a trial should still be pursued
Fact 4: Settlement issues were executed in the US prior to Khadr being rewarded and tater tot and his gvt deliberately acted to avoid that award.
How?
This has been covered before, and the SCC believes that we may have interrogated him while he was being subjected to sleep deprivation.
I work nightshift, please send me a cheque. A million dollars will do.
It's already been clarified to many people's understanding. I found it fairly straight forward. Some don't get it and never will!
Doesn't that smile just say; "Fukk you taxpayers, Fukk you Canada..." :lol:
Or it might just say, "I'm sure as f**k glad to be clear of Guantanamo & now I've been paid for 10 years of torture"!
How manyp on this website have read the scoc decision? I think the number is quite low
Don't need to read the decision. The scoc ruled exclusively on a one dimensional issue without considering the cold blooded murder.
Khadr gets no quarter from most Canadians.