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But Mr Harper has always maintained he will not seek Mr Khadr’s return to Canada, and that position appeared to be unchanged after the release of the video.
Anne Howland, a spokeswoman for the Canadian foreign ministry, repeated a statement made by the prime minister last week, that the government believes Mr Khadr is in a legal process that must continue.
Mr Harper has said in the past that he has received assurances that Mr Khadr is being treated humanely, and maintained that the charges he faces are very serious. The government regards Mr Khadr’s trial as a judicial process, not a political one.
Canada is the only western country that has not demanded the return of its detainees from the controversial detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.
France and Britain are among the countries that have succeeded in having their nationals released following diplomatic pressure on US authorities.
The fact that Mr Khadr was only 15 at the time of his arrest has led some here to refer to him as a “child soldier”, including Bob Rae, the foreign affairs critic for the opposition Liberal party.
“He’s clearly not going to get a real trial. He’s going to get a military tribunal,” said Mr Rae. “I think that Omar Khadr has [to be] brought home and that whatever justice is to be faced, he should face it here.”