Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank Professor Crane and also Senator Dallaire for their presentations.
The thing that strikes me the most from all the witnesses that have come before this committee is the illegal nature of this so-called war on terror that the U.S. is conducting in Guantanamo. We all realize that Guantanamo operates outside the spheres of international law. We are also really concerned about the Military Commissions Act. From my reading, the whole issue of who's a child and the issue of a child soldier has never really been discussed. We reference the fact that he was 15 at the time he was captured, but I know that under the military commission you can charge children that are even younger than 15. There's no date. There's no age. There's nothing on it. So there's a problem there already with that system.
Because it operates outside the scope of the international law and norms we are used to, and given that there are some serious challenges to this particular process, would it not be in the government's interest.... Every other western country has recognized that there are serious restrictions on the due process of the law. It doesn't conform and comport with the way we see international law.
Given all these factors, doesn't it make sense to this government to say that Omar Khadr needs to be repatriated to Canada so he can have his due process of the law? Nobody is saying he should come to Canada and basically roam around scot-free. We're saying there has to be a process, and the process cannot be respected in Guantanamo under this military system. It does not comport with international law.