Source: The Canadian Press
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ghJG4QIkRFBCXXbVBJY7amf_tkIw
A Canadian Muslim who says he was blocked from a domestic Air Canada flight because of racial profiling has filed a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
While attempting to purchase a ticket in Vancouver to fly to Victoria in May 2004, Shahid Mahmood said he was flagged as a security threat. Mahmood's Chilean-born wife, however, was allowed to purchase a seat.
"I was stunned at their refusal to allow me to board this flight," he said Tuesday.
Despite repeated attempts to find out why he was barred, the Toronto-born editorial cartoonist said the airline has never given him a reason.
"I am just as in the dark, with no tangible answers from Air Canada, now as I was three years ago."
Mahmood, who grew up in Pakistan, believes he was blocked because of his race and faith.