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Cheese · 04-01-2009, 06:02 PM

Seems like Canadians are quite outraged.

The Canadian government is spending $5 million on a separate project to reform Afghan family law and has been sideswiped by the controversial new legislation.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he's deeply troubled by a move which flies in the face of what the international community wants to accomplish in Afghanistan.
"This is antithetical to our mission in Afghanistan," he told a Canadian media outlet in London, where he's attending the G20 summit.
"The concept that women are full human beings with human rights is very, very central to the reason the international community is engaged in this country. . .

04-01-2009, 06:02 PM	#80
Cheese Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2002 Exp:	Seems like Canadians are quite outraged. The Canadian government is spending $5 million on a separate project to reform Afghan family law and has been sideswiped by the controversial new legislation. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he's deeply troubled by a move which flies in the face of what the international community wants to accomplish in Afghanistan. "This is antithetical to our mission in Afghanistan," he told a Canadian media outlet in London, where he's attending the G20 summit. "The concept that women are full human beings with human rights is very, very central to the reason the international community is engaged in this country. . .