We heard three different perspectives on the changing landscape for civil liberties in Canada in our post 911 environment.

Faisal Kutty spoke to us about the dramatic changes in the human rights landscape and the impact on many people’s fundamental rights and their livelyhoods.  He spoke about the architecture of human rights in Canada being changed underneath us; including a loss of fundanemental principles of human dignity and  due process.  Kutty described the discrimination against Canadian Arabs and Muslims or those who are perceived to be Arabs and Muslim.

Suaad Hagi Mohamud gave a moving account of her ordeal of being stranded in Kenya. She  told us,  “My country abandoned me, but I did not abandon my country”.

Finally Karl Flecker, CLC Human Rights Director, spoke to us about  and the human and fiscal costs of abandoning our citizens abroad. He spoke about the actions we can take as trade unionists including exploring using tools in our collective and agreement, educating and and organizing.

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