CBC: British MP's ban from Canada goes to court

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Supporters of British politician George Galloway plan to urge the Federal Court on Monday to overturn Canada's entry ban on the outspoken MP.

An alliance of peace groups, backed by free-speech advocates, maintain the ban, on the basis that Galloway supported terrorism, was uncalled for and unconstitutional.

"All of the evidence shows there was no reason whatever to bar George from the country," Galloway's spokesman, Ron McKay, told The Canadian Press from the U.K. on the weekend. "I just don't think any reasonable person looking at the evidence could conclude against George."

Galloway was to make a four-city speaking tour in March 2009 but Canadian immigration officials declared him inadmissible.

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/04/25/galloway-court.html