Very similar to Mr. Buchan, the first thing we did was to try to confirm the veracity of the allegations in Graeme Smith's article. We did move quickly to make sure that we spoke to those individuals in Afghan positions of authority to ensure we understood what was happening and we could take steps to ensure the safety of Canadian transferred-detainees, if they were at risk, and we did engage with both Ambassador Lalani and with senior bureaucrats back in Ottawa as we moved forward with the development of the supplementary arrangement. Once the supplementary arrangement was in place, we then took steps to make sure that we could properly implement that arrangement at all levels and by all members of the whole-of-government team in Kandahar.
On April 28th, 2010. See this statement in context.