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A statement from our team. #canpoli #natsec
(1/4) Today, Min Blair announced the final provisions of the Secure Air Travel Regulations have come into force to deliver centralized screening and the Canadian Travel Number (CTN).⬇️
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Oops! It’s 2001 again! Let’s hope this doesn’t become a pattern. We and our families know all too well the stigma of being targeted for being brown or Black skinned or having Muslim/Arab sounding names. #CEASEFIRE_NOW
My brother and our cousins, who are Palestinian-American, were pulled off the airplane and held by airport security & police at the Minneapolis, MN (MSP) airport last night on their way home from a wedding and were not allowed to leave after questioning because a White woman (pictured below) on board "felt scared" and told the airline my brother and his friends were suspicious for taking turns using the bathroom and claimed they made a bomb threat directly to her. My brother and cousins were speaking in Arabic and English and wearing Palestine necklaces. They are all in their early 20s. In addition, security took several other Arabic speaking & Muslim passengers off the plane for questioning and held them preventing them from leaving as well. They were all racially profiled and treated as suspect. After about an hour, security and police realized there was no basis to the woman's claims and they she was lying and so they sent everyone home. They refused to give my brother the name of the woman and refused to allow him to file a false police report against the woman. The police told my brother to just go home and there is nothing to report on, "it's a she said, he said situation". But this woman put my brother, our cousins and Arabic speaking passengers in danger. Anyone on the plane could've reacted to her allegation and became violent, even pulled out a gun on them or caused panick. He, our cousins and the other Arabic speaking passengers were treated as suspect because they are Palestinian-American and this is without a doubt the result of mainstream corporate media dehumanization of Palestinian victims in Gaza that are being targeted by incessant Israeli bombs. Since October 7th the media has helped manufacture consent for Israel's genocide in Gaza that has killed over 20,000 Palestinians using US supplied bombs by parroting Israeli talking points that portray all Palestinians as subhuman. We still don't know this woman's name and would like help identifying her.
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🚨Update: I now have the identities of the two women who falsely made a bomb threat claim against my brother, and one of them is a cop. The daughter, who initially made the false bomb threat, is a local police officer in the city of Blaine, MN named Hailey Larson. The mother is named Jenny Luft Larson. I don't know what to be more upset about: the false bomb claim that a police officer made by racially profiling my brother and our cousins are hearing them speak Arabic and taking turns to use the bathroom or the fact that the airport police knew she was a police officer and gaslit my family into just going home and refusing to allow my brother to file a counter police report against Hailey Larson. Airport police refused to give my brother their names and told them to just go home bc "there's nothing to file here" basically covering for her because she's a cop. I'm pretty sure if someone makes a false bomb threat claim, there are serious legal repercussions. Haley Larson is a public servant, her job is funded by our taxpayer money and she engaged in racism, racial profiling and treated my family as suspect because they are Muslim and Palestinian- American. This is classic post 911 islamophobia all over again.
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We are really pleased to see @AirCanada taking their responsibility toward people with disabilities seriously but it’s unfortunate that it took an incident with Canada’s chief disability officer facing an incident for them to act on it.
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No Fly List Kids retweeted
Civil society statement on #BillC20: While C-20 is a crucial measure to ensure greater accountability of #CBSA & the #RCMP, the undersigned orgs are deeply troubled by the federal govt’s lack of consultation or engagement w key civil society stakeholders in the development... 1/
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"It's part of a pattern and a systemic pattern of racial profiling, of over-scrutinizing travellers who happen to be racialized, happen to be Black, happen to be from a religious minority, happen to be refugees who are immediately assumed to be in the wrong," she said.
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No Fly List Kids retweeted
There are thousands of Canadians on the US no fly list, which makes it incredibly difficult to travel because the US says nearly every flight leaving Canada goes thru US airspace, even when it going to Europe or Asia etc. This is not just a human rights issue…. 1/3
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No Fly List Kids retweeted
Shrugging shoulders & saying nothing can be done was something we were all too familiar with during 4 years of advocacy work for @NoFlyListKids. We refused to accept that answer until we got the one we wanted. Our Federal Government must do better @melaniejoly @marcomendicino.
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Friendly reminder #2 to donate to @bccla as they have also been big supporters and advocates of @NoFlyListKids during our journey.
BCCLA calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to revoke the use of the Emergencies Act. We additionally call on Members of Parliament to vote against the declaration when Parliament considers it within seven sitting days after its issuance. 1/12
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Friendly reminder to donate to @cancivlib as they have been big supporters and advocates of @NoFlyListKids during our journey.
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We had to fight for years for tens of thousands of innocent Canadians (many of them children) who were wrongly placed on 🇨🇦 No Fly List. And this can happen without consequence @Safety_Canada? We’d like to know how many of those blockading YOW were then placed on the No fly list?
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No Fly List Kids retweeted
Six years ago; this tweet led to @NoFlyListKids being formed with friends. A four year journey to right a wrong impacting many innocent Canadians. Each Dec.31st reminds me a bunch of “nobodies from nowhere” (as @k_cajee calls us) can do right. So can you in 2022. Happy New Year.
Replying to @AirCanada
@AirCanada Why is our (Canadian born) 6 year old on DHP no fly list? He must clear security each time. He is 6. :)
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We think this is quite terrific. Merry Christmas and Joyeux Noël everyone.
Santa has been officially cleared to fly and deliver presents to children around the world. Merry Christmas to all! Please stay safe during this holiday season! 🎁🎄✨
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No Fly List Kids retweeted
Glad to have @marcomendicino continued support for @NoFlyListKids as the Minister of Public Safety. Transparency is crucial. We need to make sure policies actually work; not just for the majority but all 🇨🇦ians. Hoping to see the data @Safety_Canada. We’re not going anywhere. – at London, Ontario
We’re very thankful for the WebEx call yesterday with new Minister @marcomendicino and @Safety_Canada to discuss parent concerns related to @NoFlyListKids. This was led on our end by one of our many terrific leaders @sarahwillsy. (The Minister has been a longtime supporter.) 1/5
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We’re very thankful for the WebEx call yesterday with new Minister @marcomendicino and @Safety_Canada to discuss parent concerns related to @NoFlyListKids. This was led on our end by one of our many terrific leaders @sarahwillsy. (The Minister has been a longtime supporter.) 1/5
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2)…effective in preventing false flags (what is the return on investment on these projects?) also, data on CTN applications, complaints to the PPIO (Passenger Protect Inquiries Office), etc., 4/5
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3) to prove that discriminatory screenings/flags are not occuring in scenarios where CTN/centralized screening are not applicable, ie with air carriers, US lists being used on domestic flights or by other organizations in 🇨🇦 airport spaces (CBSA,CATSA, Transport Canada,etc). 5/5
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