The Editor,
God forbid we send convicted terrorist Zakaria Amara back to Jordan after he serves time in a Canadian jail. After all, "A Canadian is a Canadian," so as "a matter of principle," convicted terrorists are our fellow Canadians.
I'm a little fuzzy on this aspect of Canadiana in which plotting to detonate a truck bomb in downtown Toronto, storm Parliament Hill and behead the Prime Minister is part of our cultural identity.
Immigration Minister John McCallum stated it would be egregious to strip Amara of his citizenship. Let me get this straight: Setting off a bomb that could kill dozens, if not hundreds of innocent men, women and children then beheading the leader of our country is not considered egregious enough to get you expelled but stripping this terrorist of his citizenship, which is a privilege not a right, is inhumane and barbaric?
Now I understand why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pulling out of the fight against ISIS in the Middle East — it would be much more convenient for our troops to fight them here in our own streets.
Neil Swanson, Coquitlam
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