Mr. Speaker, this government has learned nothing from the Maher Arar fiasco.
Retired U.S. colonel, Ann Wright, and CodePink co-founder, Medea Benjamin, were blocked at Canada's border because they appeared on an FBI watch list. Their crime was peaceful protest, time-honoured civil disobedience, in opposition to the Iraqi war.
Why is the Prime Minister hiding behind the FBI to ban respected U.S. citizens from entering our country?