Ottawa

Remember her?

That Mellissa Fung story went away rather fast, no?

A few op-eds this weekend (here, here, here and here). Canadian Press tracked down comment from James Loney, the Canadian once kidnapped in Iraq. And the chief of defence staff has publicly endorsed media blackouts in these circumstances.

But have we seen satisfactory answers to any of these questions? Is it too late to have an adult conversation about all of this? Have we all moved on? Or, in this new era of harmony, is this one of those things we’re not supposed to talk about? Anybody want to wager on the government being asked about this in Question Period on Thursday?

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