Now I know the country has gone to hell....and we will spend $$$$$ of tax dollars to deport this asswad since once he is here, he is protected by our laws.
Published: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
TORONTO — Ottawa must ensure Canada does not become a dumping ground for U.S. criminals, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday.
“It’s obviously not the kind of precedent that we want to allow the Americans to establish,” McGuinty told reporters when asked about a court decision ordering a convicted American sex offender — Malcolm Watson — to serve out his sentence in Canada in lieu of jail.
“It’s not the kind of thing that we’re prepared to accept. We will certainly work with the federal government, and I hope we are of one mind on this regard, to ensure that we don’t become some kind of dumping ground for convicted offenders south of the border.”
Watson, an American citizen, pleaded guilty in a New York state court to endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse in the third degree after being found with a 15-year-old girl in a parked car at a shopping mall. The judge in the case said he could serve a year in a U.S. jail or spend three years on probation in Canada.
News reports Monday said Watson, who until April taught at an elite girl’s schools south of the border, was allowed back into Canada at the Fort Erie, Ont. crossing.
He shares a home with his Canadian wife and three children St. Catharines, Ont.
Canada has asked for a full report on the U.S. court decision, a spokesman for federal Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said Monday.
The official also said deportation is also a possibility if, after a detailed assessment, Watson is found to pose a risk to the safety of Canadians.
© CanWest News Service 2006
Published: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
TORONTO — Ottawa must ensure Canada does not become a dumping ground for U.S. criminals, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday.
“It’s obviously not the kind of precedent that we want to allow the Americans to establish,” McGuinty told reporters when asked about a court decision ordering a convicted American sex offender — Malcolm Watson — to serve out his sentence in Canada in lieu of jail.
“It’s not the kind of thing that we’re prepared to accept. We will certainly work with the federal government, and I hope we are of one mind on this regard, to ensure that we don’t become some kind of dumping ground for convicted offenders south of the border.”
Watson, an American citizen, pleaded guilty in a New York state court to endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse in the third degree after being found with a 15-year-old girl in a parked car at a shopping mall. The judge in the case said he could serve a year in a U.S. jail or spend three years on probation in Canada.
News reports Monday said Watson, who until April taught at an elite girl’s schools south of the border, was allowed back into Canada at the Fort Erie, Ont. crossing.
He shares a home with his Canadian wife and three children St. Catharines, Ont.
Canada has asked for a full report on the U.S. court decision, a spokesman for federal Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said Monday.
The official also said deportation is also a possibility if, after a detailed assessment, Watson is found to pose a risk to the safety of Canadians.
© CanWest News Service 2006
