Galloway Returns to Canada

The polarizing former British MP has embarked on a ten-city tour of Canada.

He’s back, and to some, he’s as annoying as ever. To other Canadians, George Galloway has been elevated to rock star status thanks to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s attempts to ban him from the country in 2009. Kenney argued that Galloway had given money to Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization by Ottawa. The ban was overturned, and yesterday Galloway returned to Canada for the second time since then, making a typically inflammatory speech at Toronto’s York University in which he slammed the extension of the Afghan mission. Protestors gathered outside. When his tour reaches Calgary, Galloway has vowed to stand outside Kenney’s office and challenge him to a debate. Kenney has said he will not respond.