Mr. Safire called attention to an alarming op.ed. article that appeared in the Toronto Globe and Mail on 5 September 1995.

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Norman Spector, a political columnist for The Toronto Globe and Mail, says even Canadians who don't support full legalization have come to sympathize with Emery.

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Mr. NORMAN SPECTOR (The Toronto Globe and Mail): The strongest argument he has that probably resonates with some people in the middle is the idea that we're extraditing someone for an offense that isn't enforced in Canada and the sense that, you know, you Americans are really dinosaurs on this whole thing and why are we doing this thing.

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However, the Globe and Mail, citing sources, said it involved a Toronto-New York City train, and New York Republican Representative Peter King said the attack was intended "to cause significant loss of human life including New Yorkers".

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