Ronald Smith - Death Row, Montana

On November 1, 2007 Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day announced the reversal of Canada's long standing policy by the
Conservative Harper Government to no longer advocate for clemency on behalf of Canadian's sentenced to death in the U.S.

On April 8, 2009 Justice Robert Barnes of the Federal Court of Canada condemned Prime Minister Harper and other senior officials
for arbitrarily stitching together a revamped stand on clemency that reversed long-standing policy, effectively abandoning
Mr. Smith to be executed. Judge Barnes said that fundamental fairness dictates that Canada move quickly to exert its diplomatic
 influence to stave off Mr. Smith's impending execution and pave the way for his possible transfer to a prison in Canada.

Canadian officials have recently made agreements with Washington to repatriate Canadian Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay
 after his conviction on terrorism and war crimes charges, even though he was never under sentence of death, however,
to date Canadian officials have yet to secure the transfer of Ronald Smith, despite the federal court order to do so !

The Government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has
turned its back on Canada's traditional role on the world stage.
Canada and The Death Penalty

" If this wretched, demeaning law goes back on the books
everyone of us in this society is demeaned by it. "
  - Pierre Burton, Canadian Author

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