Relatives Of Tunisian Deposed Dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali Trying To Seek Asylum In Canada

Photo: Canada will comply with Tunisia's request to extradite Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of Tunisia's former dictator, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says. (CBC)

Canada Keen To Extradite Tunisian Billionaire -- CBC

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says Canada will do all it can to comply with the new Tunisian government's request to extradite the brother-in-law of deposed dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.

Billionaire businessman Belhassen Trabelsi and his family arrived in Montreal last week on a private jet.

"He is not welcome. We are going to find – in the context, obviously, of current legislation – ways to assure, as quickly as possible, that we might comply with the demand from the Tunisia government," Cannon told reporters in Val d'Or, Que., on Friday.

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My Comment: This bum .... no other word to describe it .... is hold in a very expensive hotel that is only 20 minutes away from my home in Montreal. The idea of him claiming refugee status ( which means he can get welfare support) makes me puke. Prime Minister Harper, to his credit, has made it very clear that Belhassen Trabelsi is persona non grata in Canada, and will be deported. Unfortunately .... he .... and his entourage of corrupt relatives .... will use the legal system to try and stay as long as possible here. But the end is going to be the same .... this gang will be deported to Tunisia sooner rather than later.