Good news at Air Canada
We know, we know – that headline is about as likely as “Gritty small-press novel wins Giller.” But it seems that Canada’s national airline has taken steps to halt the harrassment of author Jaspreet Singh.
As reported here and elsewhere, Singh cancelled appearances at BookExpo Canada and Luminato in Toronto this past week, citing check-in hassles arising from his apparent presence on an Air Canada no-fly list. However, according to the latest release from Singh’s publisher, Véhicule Press:
Jaspreet Singh and his publisher were extremely concerned by the situation, especially because the author was in the middle of promotional tours for his recently-published novel, Chef. In a story that appeared in the Calgary Herald (June 17), a spokesperson for Transport Canada stated that Jaspreet Singh was not on Canada’s no-fly list. In a conversation Jaspreet Singh had today with Laura Logan, Director of Security for Air Canada, the author was told that he was not on the domestic or American no-fly lists, however, that there is another person with his name on the airline’s “internal” no-fly list, and that the airline would take steps so that this problem does not occur again.
