At the CBABC Provincial Council meeting held on Saturday, September 27, 2008 a Resolution was passed directing the President of the BC Branch of the Canadian Bar Association to seek the position of the BC federal candidates for Parliament respecting the Omar Khadr case.

Read President Maisonville's letter and the Resolution.

BC Federal Candidate Response Letters

Conservative Party of Canada

Green Party of Canada
David Blair, South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale
Dan Bouchard, Okanagan-Coquihalla
Adriane Carr, Vancouver Centre
Dr Mike Carr, Vancouver East
Hilary Crowley, Prince George-Peace River
Brian Gordon, Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca
Dan Grice, Vancouver Quadra
Barbara Lebeau, Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon
Carrie McLaren, Burnaby-New Westminster
John Streicker, Yukon
Doug Warkentin, Vancouver Kingsway
Michael Wolfe, Richmond

Liberal Party of Canada
Honourable Ujjal Dosanjh, MP, Vancouver South
Janna Francis, Okanagan-Shuswap
Honourable Hedy Fry, MP, Vancouver Centre
Gerry Lenoski, Burnaby-New Westminster
Dana Miller, Delta-Richmond East
Dan Olson, Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission
Dr Lionel Traverse, Abbotsford

New Democratic Party of Canada
Rachid Arab, Surrey North
Jennifer Burgis, Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca
Michael Byers, Vancouver-Centre
David Caplan, Vancouver-Quadra
Ann Chambers, Vancouver South
Michael Charrois, North Vancouver
Michael Crawford, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo
Honourable Jean Crowder, MP, Nanaimo-Cowichan
Peter Julian, Burnaby-New Westminster
Leon Pendleton, Kootenay-Columbia, (in favour of the repatriation of Omar Khadr)
Honourable Bill Siksay, MP, Burnaby-Douglas
Teresa Townsley, Newton-North Delta

[updated October 14, 2008]