I'll be very pleased, Chair, to respond to both of them.
I think the 2007 improved agreement that the government negotiated grants us full and unrestricted access, as I was mentioning to Mr. Rae earlier, to the prison facilities where detainees transferred by the Canadian Forces are held. There have been over 210 visits by Canadian officials to Afghan detention facilities since the transfer agreement was signed. I asked my officials to look at that and find out when the most recent unannounced visit had been held, and I was told that it had been done within the last 15 days. We continue to go there on a regular basis since the government negotiated the agreement.
I point out as well, colleagues, that this arrangement, because it is robust, also ensures that the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has the same unrestricted access, as they have an important monitoring role, as you know, as well as an investigation role to play. So while we coordinate closely with our allies, each country's approach to detainee monitoring or prisoner monitoring, including frequency, is specific to its own bilateral arrangements with the Government of Afghanistan.