A series of corrections from The Gazette (Montreal). March 5:
A story in yesterday’s paper misquoted Liberal MP Irwin Cotler’s comments about Saul Itzhayek, a Montrealer who is in prison in India for an entry-visa offence. Cotler did not say that Ottawa has failed to intervene in Itzhayek’s case. In fact, the federal government is pressing the case with Indian authorities, and Cotler told reporters he has had meetings with Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay and MP Helen Guergis as recently as this week and the government has been working for some time on the repatriation of Itzhayek. Another error was introduced in the headline over the story, in which Cotler’s name was misspelled. The Gazette regrets the errors.
March 6:
A For the Record item in yesterday’s paper contained two inaccuracies. In fact, Peter MacKay is Canada’s minister of national
defence, and Helena Guergis is secretary of state for foreign affairs and international trade. The Gazette regrets the errors.
Also March 6:
An editorial yesterday said that Irwin Cotler, MP for Mount Royal, had “criticized the government’s failure to help Montrealer Saul
Itzhayek,” who is in prison in India.
That assertion was based on incorrect reporting. In fact, Cotler has been meeting with cabinet ministers about the case and the government is working on it. Contrary to the editorial, he also criticized the previous Liberal government’s record in the case of Maher Arar and acted as counsel to Arar’s family.
The Gazette regrets the errors.” Link
