Canada is known for having more liberal immigration policies than the United States. We've reacted by passing laws that make things more difficult for non-citizens. However, we still have to respect the rights of non-citizens. I don't think that there is support within Canada to see people detained without being charged for months in the manner that occured after 9/11 in the U.S. What's the message that we are sending to the world? Come to Canada to escape the tyranny in your homeland be subjected to tyranny here?

Now the focus on civil liberties in Canada isn't what it is in the U.S. Everyone has heard of the ACLU, but how many people have heard of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association? This is a shame. Their moto says it best "The Freedom of no one is safe unless the freedom of everyone is safe." No one should be held without being charged with a crime. Not the thousands held after 9/11 in the U.S., not these guys who were arrested in Canada.