Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport: American Soil

Moazzam Dept: However, it was no laughing matter at the time and Begg, 43, says he is consulting with lawyers about suing Canada for denying him entry, according to CBC. Officials told him he could either stay in detention and challenge the decision to deny him entry or return home, Begg told News. He chose to board a flight back to London that evening. Former Guatanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, seen in 2009 is considering suing Canada for barring his entry into the country. Akira Suemori/Associated Press file British activist Moazzam Begg jokes that he s just become the first former Guantanamo Bay detainee to set foot on North American soil even if it was only for five hours. The director of a London-based civil liberties group Cageprisoner says that minutes after his Air France plane touched down at Montreal s Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport on Sunday afternoon, three officers boarded the aircraft and escorted him to immigration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.