The paper achieved more than 1 million monthly page views in 2015. The Los Alamos Daily Post has expanded its readership into every state in the nation and 129 countries around the world. 7, 2012 and is a member of the National Newspaper Association, the Online Newspaper Association and the New Mexico Press Association. Clark, the online newspaper launched Feb. The Los Alamos Daily Post is the Official Newspaper of Record in Los Alamos County. Owned and operated by Carol A. Photographer John / Videographer Nate Distribution Coordinator Delbert RomeroĪdvertising Manager KayLinda Advertising: Kirsten Laskey (505.412.2128) Reporter Kirsten Media Editor Chris Reporter George Morse Khadr launched a $20-million civil suit against Ottawa, which was settled earlier this month when the government agreed to pay him compensation.Publisher/Editor Carol A. ![]() The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2010 that Canadian authorities violated Khadr’s charter rights when they interrogated him there. detention facility Guantanamo, accused of killing an American soldier/medic during a firefight in Afghanistan. His tweets Thursday suggested Tories should confine their criticism of the Khadr payment to Canadian soil, advising one Tory MP that even when Liberals “disagreed with your government’s approach to the U.S., we supported you while in the U.S.”īut Scheer dismissed that argument, saying, “It’s not credible to think that somehow the news and commentary somehow stops at the border.”įifteen years ago, the Canadian-born Khadr was imprisoned in the notorious U.S. “Conservatives mount aggressive anti-PM campaign in the US on the eve of NAFTA renegotiation,” he tweeted at one point. Trudeau’s principal secretary, Gerald Butts, has also attacked the Conservatives’ actions. administration is focused on growing the economy and helping the middle class, not on political controversies in Canada. “Are you willing to play the politics of division, of fear, of looking for partisan gain any time there is a tough decision to make, or are you going to stand there and make those tough decisions?” Are you a government that stands for what is right, or are you a government that stands for what is easy?” he said. “Ultimately, you have to decide what kind of government you are. Trudeau said Canadian leaders can’t only stand up for those rights when it’s easy and popular. “There is no question we were going to lose this case because governments of different stripes violated his fundamental rights and freedoms.” “Omar Khadr was going to show up in court…with a note from the Supreme Court with his name on it saying that his rights had been violated,” he said. Trudeau said he understands if people are frustrated by the settlement, but that the decision was taken to save the country money and to defend the basic rights and freedoms of all Canadians. Trudeau said Friday he will continue to work with opposition parties ahead of talks to rejig the North American Free Trade Agreement next month, but that Canadians expect domestic disputes won’t derail those discussions. ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “It’s no surprise that they’re desperately trying to latch onto another angle of the story to deflect attention from the core of the matter which is that this (Khadr payment) was a personal decision by Justin Trudeau to go above and beyond what any court order ever indicated was the responsibility of the government,” Scheer told a news conference Thursday. ahead of NAFTA negotiations, but Tory Leader Andrew Scheer has argued that the Grits are to blame for any American backlash over the Khadr payment. Senior Liberals have accused Conservatives of fanning anti-Trudeau sentiment in the U.S.
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