On the Importance of Deporting Ernest

Ernst Z�ndel was finally deported to Germany today after he was held in solitary confinement in Canada for two years on the basis of a security certificate. No one wants to take up the issue for fear of being branded some sort of Nazi sympathizer --which is understandable to some extent.

But the importance of the principles that have been trampled just to get rid of his unpalatable ideas is serious. The Globe reports that even people who disagree with him are alarmed at the way he has been treated. But no names are mentioned, no organizations, no one.

Terrorists, convicted terrorists, and fundraisers for terrorists in Canada, in the meantime, are roaming the streets or inviting Ministers of the Crown to have dinner with them.

It seems that extraterritoriality and globalization caught up with Z�ndel, who has committed no crime in Canada. He has been charged in Germany on the basis of his website hosted in the US, where he stupidly continues to deny that the Holocaust took place.

It's a crime in Germany to deny the Holocaust or spread Nazi propaganda.

It is also worth noting, as does the Post, that the evidence presented by the Crown against Z�ndel, arguing that he is a security risk to Canada, was kept secret even from Zundel and his counsel.