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To: bentway who wrote (203798)	9/20/2006 11:48:28 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (1) of 281500

This explains a lot. From the Toronto Star...... Prime Minister Stephen Harper had repeatedly refused to offer such an apology on behalf of the government since the release of a public inquiry report that cleared Arar’s name Monday. But the Tories, apparently fearing political embarrassment, gave their consent Wednesday after the Liberals and NDP signed on to the Bloc motion. Harper wasn’t in the Commons, having departed for New York and an appearance at the United Nations General Assembly. There was no immediate comment from his office on why the Tories drew a distinction between a parliamentary and a government apology. Many suspect, however, that legal issues lie behind the move. Arar has a civil suit pending in which he is claiming millions in damages from the government. The 36-year-old telecommunications engineer was arrested by U.S. authorities in September 2002 and deported to his native Syria, even though he is now a Canadian citizen and was travelling on a Canadian passport. He was tortured during a year in Damascus into false confessions of links to Al Qaeda.

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