Canadian Cabinet Issues Order Allowing Victim of U.S. Kidnapping to Reinstate Tort Action

On February 18, 1997, the Canadian Cabinet, acting on recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued an order, restricting the immunity relating to the U.S. and thereby permitting Kenneth J. Walker, a Canadian national and the victim of U.S. Government-instigated kidnapping to reinstate his tort action against the U.S. corporate entities involved in the case. The order was tailor-made to enable Kenneth J. Walker, a Canadian citizen, to reinstate his tort action against the U.S. parties involved (e.g., the Bank of New York) in the abduction by fraud that resulted in his travel to the Bahamas, and his arrest en route in New York in a undercover sting operation. The Canadian Government issued the order after carefully considering the case, the law, foreign policy implications, and other alternatives for resolving the case ... [more]