Evidence of meeting #5 for Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was rights.
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12:45 p.m.
NDP
Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
Do you have any confidence that this new version, whatever comes out, will go before the Parliament of Afghanistan before it becomes law?
May 7th, 2009 / 12:45 p.m.
President, Rights and Democracy
We have the commitment of the President and of the Minister of Justice that the version of the law will meet these commitments, that the process will be open and transparent, that it's not going to be a one-time sort of affair. There will have to be many meetings and exchanges of views. These exchanges have taken place, and the Minister of Justice has met several times with civil society organizations, so that's what we are working on.
12:45 p.m.
NDP
Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
That's not my question, though. Do you have confidence it will go before the Afghanistan Parliament before it becomes law?
12:45 p.m.
NDP
Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL
It's a yes or no answer, Mr. Chair. I've asked you to let him answer.
12:45 p.m.
President, Rights and Democracy
The commitment is that it will go to the Parliament.
12:45 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rick Casson
There you are.
Gentlemen, I want to thank you very much for your time here.
[Proceedings continue in camera]