...to not put future citizens at risk.

-“While undoubtedly complex and challenging, the Canadian government can and should do more.”: This is a clear and honest reflection that no solution is simple but back to the moral catalyst – we should try and find a way.

As Canadians; we espouse virtues of love, peace, and tolerance - yet we instinctually condemn this family because we wouldn’t have done the same as they did. It is easy to cast judgment and that is the “red herring”. The casting of a binary verdict of right and wrong (intelligent or otherwise) is convenient yet misguided. The simple fact is that this binary assessment isn’t the real issue at all. The issue is: this is a family in captivity, a family with children, a family who are Canadian citizens and they are being held against their will by a foreign party.