Is there any doubt that they would let in Yasser Arafat?

According to the [1] Vancouver Sun:

A former PLO terrorist who was scheduled to speak against terrorism in Vancouver Monday was turned away by Canadian immigration officials as he tried to board a plane from California.

But organizers held the event anyway, arranging a live video link with Walid Shoebat, who spoke from his home in northern California.

"It's like he's here, but he's not here," said Gabriel Patrich, of the Israel Action Committee, one of the three Jewish and Christian groups that scrambled to the keep the event on track. Patrich said he was "very disappointed" by Canada's refusal to admit Shoebat. "This is against free speech. We thought our government would do the right thing. We look at it as if they're taking sides.

A press release from Shoebat's manager pointed out:

Shoebat has already visited Canada on three prior occasions in 2004 and spoken publicly at six different venues including universities and synagogues. Mr Shoebat has during his previous visits also shared his story and opinions to TV stations, major newspapers such Toronto Star, National Post, Calgary Sun, Montreal Gazette and many radio stations. Local Canadian Palestinian activists has branded him a "racist" and complained to both the Italian Cultural center in Vancouver and Canadian Border and Provincial police to block his entry. Mr. Shoebat was scheduled to speak before a gathering of the Jewish Federation of Vancouver on Monday 31st at the Italian Cultural Center in Vancouver. The Canadian government has invoked their anti terror legislation which states that known terrorists cannot enter Canada, even though Mr. Shoebat preaches for peace and reconciliation and loves the Jewish people, being a Palestinian. According to Shoebat's publicist/manager in the United States, Keith Davies: "Proud people who believe in democracy and fairness need to stand up and protest at the double standard of Canadian government officials and members of Parliament who shake the hand of Arafat and allow people who may not admit to be former or current terrorists, preach hatred to speak freely in Canada. Yet here the Canadian government denies Shoebat, a peacemaker, entry." The people of Canada and America need to protest vehemently at this wrong headed and prejudiced decision."

The Vancouver Sun reported that about 10 pro-Palestinian protestors were outside the presentation.

Shoebat, originally from Beit Sahour, outside of Bethlehem, has openly admitted his involvement in terrorist activities as a teenager. He said the purpose of his speeches is to "expose drug-pushers of the drug called hatred." Now -- a self-described "ex-drug addict" -- he says he denounces acts of terrorism in all forms.

Shoebat said "hatred for Jewish people was fed to him like milk" as a child through songs, art, school and religious studies. He was recruited by the PLO as a suicide bomber at the age of 16 and set out to bomb a home in Israel. Shoebat said he "abandoned mission" after he saw children playing nearby.