Britain's Labour party MP Mohammad Yasin, centre, attends a Prime Minister's Questions session in Parliament in London, Britain January 29, 2020.
Air Canada says it has apologized to a British MP who was singled out for additional security screening while travelling to and from Canada with a parliamentary committee last week.British Labour party MP Mohammad Yasin, centre, was stopped for additional questioning before flying into and out of Canada last week. Air Canada says it has apologized to a British MP who was singled out for additional security screening while travelling to and from Canada with a parliamentary committee last week.
"The questioning was undertaken by officials from Air Canada and, we believe, the Canadian government," said Betts. He added that Yasin was questioned multiple times, first at Heathrow airport, then at airports in Montreal and Toronto. In a statement to CBC, Air Canada said it regrets the inconvenience or upset caused by the incident and has reached out to apologize to Yasin."We are following up internally on the handling of this particular matter to ensure procedures were properly followed and we have also been in touch with relevant authorities," reads Air Canada's emailed statement. The company did not elaborate on who the relevant authorities were.
The Canadian Immigration Ministry did not answer CBC's questions about why Yasin received additional screening, instead directing questions to Canada Border Services Agency.
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