TheStar.com | Canada | Canada asks U.S. to take Arar off no-fly lists

Canada has formally asked the Bush administration to remove torture victim Maher Arar from any lists that would prevent him from flying in the United States.

A letter was sent today to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, asking that Arar’s name be stricken from any no-fly lists maintained by U.S. authorities, Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day told the Commons.