Dennis O’Connor released the factual findings of the inquiry into Maher Arar. The investigation found no evidence that Arar had committed an offence or posed a security threat and examined the damaging transmission of inaccurate information by Canadian officials. Public scrutiny challenged the treatment of a Muslim citizen as presumptively suspect. This was the report stage of the accountability struggle; the government’s formal apology followed in January 2007.
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What did the Arar inquiry establish about the evidence against Maher Arar?
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The inquiry examined officials’ conduct and inaccurate information sharing. Its findings challenged the assumption that a person treated as a security suspect must have been guilty.
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