We'll answer in French, I'm sorry.
I was never harassed, but my problems began after my initial contact with CSIS, when I applied for Canadian citizenship. In 2000, I was getting ready to travel to Morocco with my wife, who was three months' pregnant at the time. I was stopped at Dorval Airport, my baggage was searched, and Corporal Duval, an RCMP officer who testified in my case, warned me, saying that if I took that plane I would be harassed in Morocco. So I asked him why I would be harassed. He answered that my name was on a list. It was the first time I realized I was being tracked by CSIS. I told him that I had done nothing wrong and that I was going to leave anyway.
So, I left and, when I arrived at the airport in Morocco, my bags were searched once again and I was questioned. A member of my family works at the airport, and he was told that someone had called from Canada to say that the most dangerous terrorist ever would be arriving in Morocco that day. I was released with my wife. I was followed everywhere. Two unmarked cars followed me everywhere I went and actually spent the entire night on the street outside my family home in Morocco.
On my way back, I was basically kidnapped by the FBI, and that has been documented. The Canadian government acknowledged that. Like Mr. Maher Arar, I was taken off the plane, had guns pointed at me and was told: “Follow me or I will shoot you”. I got off the plane with my wife; she was really scared. I said that I was a Moroccan citizen and a permanent resident of Canada. They told me that I was on U.S. territory. I spent 10 hours in the basement of JFK Airport and was questioned about every aspect of my life. They knew everything about me. They finally released me. The FBI agent told me they had nothing against me and that I had a problem in Ottawa.
So, the people who really got me in hot water—pardon the expression—were CSIS agents. That is documented before the courts and I can provide you with all that evidence.