"Our Friendly Local Terrorist" tells the story of the fourteen-year
struggle of Suleyman Goven, a Kurd accused by the Canadian Security
Intelligence Service of being a terrorist. Mary Jo Leddy was
"accidentally" present at Suleyman's first interview with CSIS.
During that eight-hour ordeal he was propositioned: you work for us
as a spy and you'll get your papers; otherwise?there are no
guarantees. Mary Jo continued to be a witness to this bizarre and
painful process over the following years at judicial and
semi-judicial hearings, which finally ruled that Suleyman ought to
be given his papers.
This moving personal story explores the efficacy of the immigration
and security clearance systems in the Canadian government. It also
provides an entry into the (often-complex) political dynamics and
pressures within Kurdish communities in Canada and elsewhere in the
diaspora, and reveals Turkey's role and influence in international
relations when the tender of huge business contracts is at stake.
Mary Jo Leddy is the Director of Romero House in Toronto and a
member of the Order of Canada. She is the author of "Radical
Gratitude," "At the Border Called Hope: Where Refugees are
Neighbours," and "In the Eye of the Catholic Storm: The Church
Since Vatican 11."
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