Mr. Speaker, I think the member for Davenport, before he poses those questions, has to look deep within his own party. The member for Etobicoke—Lakeshore, who will likely be his next leader, has spoken and written at length about the issue of torture. It is a position that seems profoundly different from that of the member for Davenport. He said:
To defeat evil, we may have to traffic in evils: indefinite detention of suspects, coercive interrogations, targeted assassinations...
He also wrote:
I do not see any trumping argument on behalf of the rights and dignity of security detainees that makes their claims prevail over the security interests.
In May 2004 he wrote in the New York Times, when he was still living in the United States, the following:
--defeating terror requires violence. It may also require coercion, secrecy, deception, even violation of rights.
I appreciate the heartfelt sentiments of the member for Davenport. Perhaps he should speak to his next leader, where I think his real problems lie, someone who seems to sympathize with torture.