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Cabinet Ministers: Minister and No-Fly List

cabinet ministers: We were coming back from the U.S. and customs agents pulled us aside, the Burlington, Ont., mother said Sunday at a public consultation on national security hosted by three federal cabinet ministers, according to Metro News. They didnt tell us anything, except for the person who took us into a back room, who asked us what we did wrong, Pierre said following the event in Markham, Ont. Natalie Pierre says her 16-year-old son Michael has been on a no-fly list since he was just four or five years old. Canada no-fly list dominated the conversation as Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Health Minister Jane Philpott and Immigration Minister John McCallum listened to citizens comments and recommendations in a high school cafeteria. The issue came to public attention after a six-year-old boy, Adam Ahmed, was flagged as being on the no-fly list last year. While the floor was open to discuss many different security issues, the no-fly list was mentioned more than any other topic. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.