I would remind Mr. Abbott that before the steering committee met, we discussed this matter and the parliamentary secretary told us that he would have special information to convey to us further to the steering committee meeting that might make us reconsider our position.
I put the question to him several times on that occasion, and I was never given any additional piece of information that might explain why the rights provided for under the international convention did not apply in this case. We were not given any information in that regard.