Yes. With the exception of fairly low-level contacts with the Department of Foreign Affairs to discuss detention issues and other things of a relatively minor nature, we have been unable to obtain an audience with the current government to discuss these matters.
But to come back to a point you made earlier, absolutely Omar has been punished. The prosecution against Omar Khadr is essentially an attempt to punish him for the misdeeds of his father. Candidly, as somebody who has observed this process over the past year, my belief is that the Canadian public and the Canadian government have been somewhat unwilling to intervene on his behalf because of the, again, very deplorable conduct of his family and some of the statements they have made—which also constitutes punishment, essentially, for the misdeeds of others, because had they not done those things, I think Canada might be much more proactive in terms of its efforts to help Omar.
Finally, to comment on Mr. Graham's statement, I'm familiar with that interview. I read that, and I appreciate those remarks. I think he notes correctly that, yes, it was a different political environment after 9/11; however, it also appears that certainly the Canadian public and possibly the Canadian government were sold a fictitious story, a false bill of goods about what Omar did in that firefight and the strength of the evidence against him. We now know, because these documents have come out and the evidence has come to light, that those were misrepresentations upon which this government likely relied to some extent in refraining from being much more aggressive in terms of the protection of Omar's rights.
So whatever transpired in the past, the question from our perspective is, what's the right answer going forward? Knowing that this evidence is out there and knowing that this military commission process cannot be lawfully applied to a minor, it's beyond question that the right answer now is to bring him home to face due process under Canadian law.