Thank you very much, Ms. Prasow.
Mr. Chairman, I'm going to sharing some time with Mr. Dosanjh.
To be clear, and for greater emphasis in terms of your testimony, Ms. Prasow, I would refer to the document that you've given to members of the committee. The legal test is set out on page 8 of that document, where you refer to parties to the Convention against Torture. Article 3 states:
No State Party shall expel, return (“refouler”) or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
Secondly:
For the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds, the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations including, where applicable, the existence in the State concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights.
I don't want to put words in your mouth, but I take your testimony today to be that the evidence with respect to Afghanistan would fit into the category of “a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights” such that Canada should not be transferring prisoners to the NDS facility.