I do want to set the record straight, because we had a disproportionate amount of argument on the one side that this study wasn't necessary.
In actual fact, the government has taken extraordinary steps to deny, first of all, they had any knowledge of prisoners being tortured. Well, I have documents from 2002 stating clearly that there was a very great concern that torture was going on, and illegal arrests, etc. These are government documents under the same title, the good governance and human rights document, published annually—and every year the same allegation is repeated. So for any minister of the Crown, either in the Liberal government of 2002 to 2006 or the current government today, to stand up and say they had no knowledge of Afghan prisoners being mistreated, they're covering their ass by blocking it out, frankly, Mr. Chairman.
It's a rare opportunity for us to be able to see what's actually underneath that black felt pen. Well, now we know. Now we know what they were blacking out year after year after year after year, and we know that the public had a right to know, and Canadian soldiers had a right to know they were putting lives at risk. Most Canadians would not support knowingly handing over prisoners when there was full knowledge they were about to be tortured.
So this is the most serious breach—