Irving Booted Out of Canada © Copyright The Saturday Sun (Toronto) November 7, 1992
By Bill Dunphy
Niagara Falls, Ont. -- A furious
David Irving was
booted out of Canada last
night, hours after he was ordered deported.
The British author -- a favorite of the international neo-Nazi movement --
was hauled away in handcuffs after an adjudicator ordered him out of the
country.
"I've been railroaded,"
Irving said as he was led to a waiting van, "See.
Canada handcuffs writers," he said as he raised his hands. "This is a
disgrace for Canada."
Before the verdict,
Irving told reporters: "I think you'll find at the end
of this hearing
whether I'm a liar or the Canadian government is a liar."
In a later statement issued from a holding cell at Pearson Airport,
Irving
blamed "foreign pressure groups" for his deportation and claimed the
government relied on evidence they knew to be forged.
Irving had lied sneaking into Canada for a speaking tour Oct. 26, was
arrested in Victoria, B.C., two days later, and ordered to leave the
country in 48 hours.
He waited until the last moment to leave but U.S. immigration officials
twice denied him entry. He was re-arrested by Canadian border police,
touching off a five-day deportation hearing.
Irving's defence rested on an assertion he had complied with the departure
notice by taking a one-hour hop across the B.C. border to Washington state.
Adjudicator Ken Thomson dismissed Irving's story as "a total fabrication,
concoted to garner further publicity and prolong your stay in Canada."
Thomson
listed more than six discrepancies in Irving's testimony.
An angry
Irving repeatedly interrupted Thomson's decision, ignoring warnings
to keep quiet.
Irving abruptly stood up, slapped a paper on to [sic] Thomson's desk and
said: "I have to serve this writ from the high court on you which I must
ask you to take notice of."
Thomson called security and
Irving was ejected from the hearing.
The "writ" was a notice that he plans to appeal.
Spokesmen for the
Canadian Jewish Congress and B'nai B'rith lauded the
decision.
"Ordinary Canadians are glad to say good riddance to Mr. Irving," B'nai
B'rith lawyer Marvin Kurz said.
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Toronto Sun, November 1992
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