Maher Arar is still waiting for an apology and compensation from the government, and a Conservative MP repeated today that both are in the works -- but they won't be rushed on either matter.

Appearing Sunday on CTV's Question Period, Arar said he and his family were "delighted" he was completely exonerated last week of accusations he was linked to terrorists.

The inquiry led by Justice Dennis O'Connor also found that the RCMP passed inaccurate and misleading information about Arar to the Americans, leading to his deportation to Syria in September 2002 where he was imprisoned and tortured. The Liberals, led by Prime Minister Jean Chretien, were in power at the time.

Arar repeated Sunday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper should apologize to his family for the Canadian government's role in his ordeal. While the House of Commons last week expressed regret over Arar's ordeal, he has not received a formal apology from the government.

"I'm extremely disappointed," Arar said.

"I understand (the prime minister) needs time to examine other issues, but . . . my reputation has been tarnished, I've suffered tremendously, my family suffered tremendously over the past couple years and I expected him to apologize without delay. But this didn't happen."

In another interview on Question Period, Conservative MP James Moore said what happened to Arar was "clearly an injustice."

"There were a number of recommendations that came forward" in O'Connor's report, he said, and "our government is looking at every last one of them to ensure this kind of thing doesn't happen again."

He added: "I understand that a compensation package is being considered and is being looked at."

RCMP stays mum

When asked if RCMP commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli should be fired for what Arar went though, Moore repeated that all facts need to be studied from the report before any decision is made.

"We're not making any rapid, knee-jerk reaction for any publicity and public relations purposes. We're going to make the right decisions to ensure this kind of thing doesn't happen again."

Zaccardelli made a public appearance Sunday at a ceremony honouring fallen police officers, where for the sixth straight day, he refused to comment on the Arar affair.

"Today is a day to honour more than 700 people who have died in the line of duty," he told reporters. "That's what I'm here for. I will be giving testimony at the appropriate time."

Meanwhile, Zaccardelli's continuing silence on the issue raised further questions about whether any political interference is at play in the national police force.

While neither the opposition Liberals nor the NDP have called for the commissioner's resignation, both parties are urging him to come forward.

"I know Mr. Zaccardelli and he's the kind of person who would want to speak out," said Liberal MP John McCallum, adding that he believes this "controlling government" is preventing him from doing so.

Norman Inkster, a former RCMP commissioner, told CTV News that he suspects Zaccardelli is being muzzled.

"I can only speculate that he, like so many ministers and deputy ministers and so on operating under this government, has been constrained from speaking to the public," he said.

No fly list

The NDP's Peggy Nash, meanwhile, repeated her party's demand that Arar be taken off the U.S. no-fly list.

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said last week that he has written to the U.S. homeland security chief, saying Canada has taken Arar and his family off watch lists used at airports and borders to identify potential terrorists.

But NDP foreign affairs critic Alexa McDonough last week called Day's response ''weak-kneed," and she urged a much more urgent demand from the government.

Arar, who will be moving permanently to B.C., said neither he nor his family will be able to travel freely until their names are removed.

"The U.S. government should immediately clear my name as the findings of the report are very clear in this respect," Arar told Question Period.

"My experience in the past year or two since I started flying again has not been an easy one. I can tell you that I was not treated like any other passenger."

Arar said he is still bristling at the fact that not only was his wife put on the terror watch list, but so were his two young children.

"You know, that raises the question: who else is on this list? Are there other innocent people on this list? And if we don't take action now, this might happen again. It's quite serious."

Arar said he understands the post-9/11 responsibility of federal agencies to investigate terrorism and prosecute those who have found to be engaged in terrorist activities.

"But what I'm saying here is there needs to be proper oversight. There needs to be respect of our values. There needs to be respect of human dignity. And it's very important for the Canadian public to have faith in their agencies -- and that they are doing the right thing."

With a report from CTV's Rosemary Thompson