Public inquiry needed to clear the air around India posting

Ind MP David Kilgour says the blocked appointment has been an 'embarrassment' for Bhupinder Liddar who was finally cleared two weeks ago to take up the job as consul general to Chandigarh he got nearly two years ago

Prime Minister Paul Martin should set up an inquiry to determine why Bhupinder Liddar, a former journalist appointment as Canada's consul general to Chandigarh, India nearly two years ago, was wrongly denied security clearance by Canada'a spy agency to take up the job, says Independent MP David Kilgour.

"In light of the enormous difficulty this has caused for Mr. Liddar--he's given up his business, his TV program--I would think...