The role the RCMP and CISC have played during the period Arar was in U.S. custody and during Arar's incarceration in Syria is a bit puzzeling for me. At the one hand it is clear that they already had questioned Arar about his possible affiliation with the Al Qaida terrorist organisation and that they concluded that there was no solid evidence to back up these allegations.
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... but when Arar was stopped and arrested at JFK airport, Canadian intelligence officials and the RCMP al of a sudden changed their position. When they were in contact with their U.S. intelligence counterparts, they did nothing to defend Arar against the U.S. allegations. As a matter of fact it seems they also played an obscure role in the eventual extraordinary rendition to Syria, and from then on were "extremely eager to obtain the fruits of the torture that was inflicted on Mr. Arar".
What is even more remarkably is the fact that apparently the Canadian government and its politicians were astonished to find out mister Arar was arrested in the U.S. and deported to Syria. There seem to be an inconsistency between the policy of the CISC and the policy of the Canadian parlement. These different approaches in the war against terror have understandably lead to public and political outrage and have triggered an ungoing investigation.

What Canada says or does, does not have as large an impact as its neighbor to the south. This is mainly because Canada is not fighting a war.

America should never have entered Iraq, or, if they did, they should have done so on the pretense of toppling a dictator (and, if they chose to be really candid about it, oil), not WMDs. However, regardless of why, we are at war, and currently, we are taking a dangerous, enemy, that is slowly draining the resources and manpower of this country, and we are treating it with kid gloves. Hello? we are at war. there is no place for mercy in a war, nor compassion. This policy of sparing terrorists became a ridiculous farce, the second the first American citizen’s throat was slit. We can no longer afford to play the gentleman in this fight. Literally. Our economic, political, and military status is being threatened by a country, that, by all rights and means, we can reduce to rubble. If we are already under fire for the morality of pressing into Iraq, lets take it a step farther. Its time to discard the pathetic prolonged skirmish that is Iraq, and replace it with a real war. Torture, kill murder, pillage, do whatever needs to be done. Level Iraq to the ground, batter all forms of resistance to pieces, and those pieces to even smaller pieces. Then, after the dust clears, apologize, by all means! Rebuild, if you feel particularly guilty. But first, destroy. Guilt is secondary to survival.