A wonderful apologist piece about citizens of convenience.

Only two old liberal hacks such as Axworthy and Rock would have the audacity to defend the undefendable.

I will always remember fondly the spectacle of Canada dispatching chartered cruiseships and planes to "rescue" thousands of Canadians of convenience from Lebanon a few decades back. Followed by very public complaints from those rescued about: a) delays in being rescued, b) the quality of temporary accommodation provided, and c) delays in ferrying them back "home" to Lebanon in the coming months.

Ironically, at about the same time, a Canadian mother from Alberta was desperately looking for her children that had been whisked from Canada to Lebanon by her Canadian-Lebanese husband in a custody dispute. The Canadian woman was, of course, not quite a person under Lebanese "law", but most tellingly not one of the thousands of Canadians of convenience in Lebanon spoke in her defence or offered her assistance.

Lovely article.