Kimberly Polman pleaded guilty Thursday to leaving Canada to participate in a terrorist group — ISIS — closing one of the longest-running files in the saga of detained Canadians in Syria.
Polman spent years in Syrian detention camps as Ottawa resisted repatriation, even amid pleas over a child's medical needs. Thursday's plea ends the legal limbo with a conviction.
Dozens of Canadians with ISIS links remain in limbo between camps, courts and a government reluctant to bring them home. Guilty pleas close cases; they don't close the policy question of what Canada owes its worst citizens.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
Leaving Canada to participate in ISIS activities.
Sentencing follows; broader repatriation policy stays contested.