...."To hold otherwise would permit any citizen to in effect hijack Canadian foreign policy...."
....and I would add : No matter how wrong and immoral it is! According to the judge's decision Canada could bomb any country if its policy makers decide to do so. Let us not forget that there was no public hearing in Canada on the "war on Yugoslavia". We just woke up one morning and Canada was at war (bombing Serbia). On September 11, we called it terrorism! Boba Borojevic ========== THE TORONTO SUN, Friday, July 12, 2002 Judge tosses suit by Serbs $76M airstrike claim By PHILIP LEE-SHANOK, TORONTO SUN A $76-million lawsuit launched by Serbian- Canadians against the government of Canada for participating in the "illegal" 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia has been thrown out. The suit brought by 50 Canadians of Serbian descent and seven Yugoslav nationals claimed that Canada's participation in the NATO-led military action contravened international law and infringed on their Canadian Charter rights. In a ruling released yesterday, Ontario Superior Court Judge Thomas Heeney threw out the statement of claim, which asked for compensation for deaths, injuries and property damage suffered by the plaintiffs and their relatives in Serbia. HORNETS FLEW SORTIES He said the bombing was a state-to-state action and not directed at any individual member of a political community in Canada. "To hold otherwise would permit any citizen to in effect hijack Canadian foreign policy," Heeney said, adding that citizens who voluntarily put themselves in the target zone can't claim the government is violating their rights to life and security. Eighteen Canadian CF-18 Hornet jets flew about 10% of 6,700 sorties during airstrikes to pressure then-Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, to end attacks on ethnic Albanians.
