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October 18, 2007 As reported just now by CTV.ca, "U.S. congressmen have apologized to Canadian Maher Arar for the actions of U.S. officials in his rendition and torture case. The apology came today as the 37-year-old Arar appeared before a joint hearing of House subcommittees by video link." Arar appeared by video link because, "he is still on a U.S. government watch list. The Bush administration has not apologized." The Globe and Mail is reporting that Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Bill Delahunt, chairman of the foreign affairs subcommittee on international organizations, human rights and oversight, said this afternoon, "Let me personally give you what our government has not: an apology. Let me apologize to you and the Canadian people for our government's role in a mistake." CBC.ca reported on January 25, 2007 that, "U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins criticized Ottawa's efforts to have Arar removed from a United States security watch list, saying Washington alone will decide who to let into the country." "Wilkins warned Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day to back off because a U.S. review determined Arar should remain on the watch list," continued the CBC report. 'It's a little presumptuous for him [Day] to say who the United States can and cannot allow into our country," Wilkins told reporters before reiterating that the U.S. has its own reasons to keep Arar on the watch list. Click here to read more about the Council of Canadians' take on the Arar case as it relates to the SPP. To see Maher Arar's speech to the Council of Canadians' 2005 Annual General Meeting, click here.
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