Gadhafi to Canadians: You're not welcome in Libya

Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi has issued a travel ban of Canadians that would not allow the travel documentation offices to give visas to visitors from Canada,

Moammar Gadhafi is prone to controversy. Digital Journal reported that at the United Nations General Assembly last month, the Libyan leader proposed to abolish Switzerland. A few days prior to that, as Digital Journal reported, Gadhafi pitched a tent in New York on Donald Trump's property. The latest move now by Gadhafi will ban any Canadian visitors’ entry into Libya, according to The Canadian Press. This recent decision by Gadhafi comes after he cancelled a trip to Newfoundland last month but the Conservative government said it would not welcome the Libyan leader because of his recent hero’s welcome of the Lockerbie bomber. A spokesperson for Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Libya’s homecoming party for Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was “an insult to all the victims who died, including Canadians. 580 CFRA reports that Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has brought awareness to this issue last week during Cannon’s visit to Tripoli last week. However, according to The Toronto Star, the Libyan government’s travel ban has left many Canadians in tourist groups travelling throughout Africa and the Middle East in a hefty predicament.