"As to locking people up, have you never heard of the case of Maher Arar? Computer technician and Canadian citizen, apparently on the basis of his Syrian name alone,"

Maher Arar

...The arrest came after Canadian police provided "inaccurate" information to US security officials suggesting Arar was an "Islamic extremist" with links to Osama Bin Laden's terror group, according to the Canadian report...

..."Mr Arar was deported under our immigration laws. He was initially detained because his name appeared on terrorist lists, and he was deported according to our laws," ...

CBC News Online

...the FBI and U.S. security officials were given an inaccurate and unfair picture of the Arars and that this portrait dogged his entire time in a Syrian jail.

O'Connor also finds that the RCMP blocked Foreign Affairs from trying to get Arar returned to Canada earlier and omitted certain important facts about the Arar case when briefing senior government officials. The judge says he will strongly recommend Canada compensate the Arars for what happened to them. ...