Canada Flip Flops on Torture

Did someone get their nuts squeezed? Monsieur Bernier does look a bit, er, stressed. How awful to be stuck in a “diplomatic” position over reprehensible policies. You can't cover your ass and be a nudist at the same time!
The link to the original Reuters report follows the sorry attempt to reframe shit for brains:
Torture watch list with US, Israel not govt policy: Canada FM
1 day ago
OTTAWA (AFP) — Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier disavowed Saturday the inclusion of Israel and the United States on an official list of countries where prisoners can be tortured, and said the document would be revised.
"I regret the embarrassment caused by the public disclosure of the manual used in the (Foreign Affairs) department's torture awareness training," Bernier said in a statement.[...] Training diplomats to make them more aware of torture began after Syrian-Canadian Maher Arar in 2002 was deported by the United States to Syria, where he was imprisoned for nearly a year and said he was tortured.
A Canadian inquiry cleared Arar of all suspicions of terrorism and the Canadian government issued an apology and awarded him a substantial compensation. [my bold]
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3U1eWP6wkS7eJJxucVIEFyrLz_w
Canada places U.S., Israel on torture watch list
Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:13pm EST
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's foreign ministry has put the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured and also classifies some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
[...] The document -- part of a training course on torture awareness given to diplomats -- mentions the U.S. jail at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba where a Canadian man is being held.
The man, Omar Khadr, is the only Canadian in Guantanamo. His defenders said the document made a mockery of Ottawa's claims that Khadr was not being mistreated.
[...] Other countries on the watch list include Syria, China, Iran, Afghanistan, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1762987120080117