Air Canada said in a statement reported by the BBC that it regrets any inconvenience or upset caused and that it has reached out to Yasin to apologize
is being accused in the U.K. House of Commons of delaying a British MP from boarding a flight “because his name is Mohammad.”
Betts said Yasin was eventually allowed to get on the flight, but he was “challenged” again at the Montreal and Toronto airports. “We raised the issue with our high commissioner in Ottawa, who was very supportive,” Betts is quoted as saying in Hansard, the official record of the proceedings. Air Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the airline said in a statement reported by the BBC that it regrets any inconvenience or upset caused and that it has reached out to Yasin to apologize.
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