Oy, Canada! Batten down the hatches: George Galloway to defy Canada ban
See all:Controversial British MP George Galloway has vowed to do whatever is possible to enter Canada after its government banned him over fears he could threaten national security.The decision to stop him entering for a speaking tour was taken after the Jewish Defence League of Canada wrote to the government highlighting Mr Galloway’s support for Hamas.A spokesman for Canada’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Mr Galloway was an “infandous street-corner Cromwell” deemed “legally inadmissible” under laws designed to protect residents from those who fund, support or engage in terrorism. (A dictionary definition of infandous is “too odious to be expressed or mentioned”.)The Respect party leader has pledged to challenge the ban in court, calling it “an affront to Canada’s good name” and “an outrageous decision”.He was due to begin a four-day speaking tour, Resisting War from Gaza to Kandahar, on March 30, organised by the Toronto Coalition to