ISS 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Policy Review, English Canadian, Official
30 Oct 2016
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The case of maher arar and the canadian state. After september 11, 2001, governments began focusing on human security, rather than focusing on state/national security. Put people first and recognizes that their safety is integral to the promotion and maintenance of international peace and security . What makes arar an other in canadian society? (ethnicity, religion, etc. ) His syrian citizenship and muslim faith are central to his having been marked as suspicious or risky. Stressing is canadianness functioned to legitimize his experience by simultaneously rejecting the consequences of a focus on dual nationality that posited arar as the other, as somehow less canadian, hence less legitimate and less in need of protection. Individuals should not have to apologize if they were born somewhere else or had citizenship in another country, then came to canada and became canadian citizen, lived here for years and were active participants in our society.
