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  • The American ambassador to Vietnam says that human rights violations and arrests have spiked in that country [Associated Press]
  • The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal has awarded a Canadian man $319,000 because of Bombardier’s decision to bar him from flight training after he was designated a security risk by American authorities. The tribunal decided that because of secrecy, lack of appeals, and racial profiling, applying U.S. threat designations in Canada must be considered a violation of Charter rights. [Globe and Mail]
  • Bill C-481, which would remove the section of the Canada Human Rights Act which sets mandatory retirement at 65 in federally regulated industries, has passed its second reading in the House of Commons [Canadian Press]