No. We undertook to forward the information that we had to the ambassador. However, Nathalie filed written complaints—of which we have copies—with human rights authorities in Saudi Arabia. We know that Nathalie's complaints were even passed on to the Saudis. In any case, the ambassador related a conversation he had had with the Canadian ambassador. Ms. Lalonde contacted the former Canadian Ambassador, Mr. Davidson, who was well acquainted with the case. There is now a new ambassador, Mr. Chatterson. The Canadian ambassador and the Saudi ambassador took up their respective positions pretty well at the same time. Having said that, consular service officials at the embassy are well acquainted with the case. I received almost 2,000 pages of notes that had been exchanged by Foreign Affairs and the embassy. This is a huge case for them. Therefore, the Canadian ambassador would certainly have been aware of all the complaints made by Nathalie. He had been given the June, 2008 report in which Nathalie made her complaints directly to an embassy official and also put them in writing. I don't know whether the Saudi ambassador met with Mr. Davidson or Mr. Chatterson, because I am not sure exactly when their meeting occurred, but he should certainly have provided his successor with the information that Nathalie wanted to return to Canada and was being mistreated there.
On May 13th, 2010. See this statement in context.