Kanadai kormány azért tiltotta ki George Galloway-t Kanadából, mert nem értett egyet Galloway politikai nézeteivel:
Pro-Palestinian activists are regularly portrayed as terrorists, supporters of terrorism, Hamas partisans, anti-Semites, etc.
George Galloway, a British MP who delivered humanitarian aid to Gaza with Viva Palestina in 2009, was banned from entering Canada that same year. According to Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Mr. Galloway had “publicly and overtly handed tens of thousands of dollars to the leader of a banned anti-Semitic terrorist organization called Hamas”. (Cathryn Atkinson, National security claim rejected by judge in bid to redact Galloway emails, rabble.ca, April 20, 2011)
Galloway brought the Canadian government to court. He won his case. The judge concluded that the Conservative government had banned him from Canada “because they disagreed with his political views -- not because he presented any threat to Canadians”. (John Bonnar, George Galloway returns to Canada this weekend, rabble.ca September 30, 2011)
Remélem azok olvassák ezt, akik szerint a szabad nyugaton, ott az lehet az álláspontod amit csak akarsz. Nos, ez a mellékelt ábra szerint nincs így. (No nem mintha eddig nem lett volna egy egyértelmû, de most itt egy konkrét példa).