Thank you, Minister, for being here.
I'm going to ask you three questions. Again, for brevity of time, would you hold until I've finished each one of them for your answer.
First, your new government has taken exactly the same position as the old government and refused, up to this point, to apologize to Mr. Arar and his family, in spite of a specific recommendation by Justice O'Connor that you not take a legalistic approach to dealing with Mr. Arar and the whole issue of compensation. I'm asking you why you haven't apologized. That's the first question.
Second, as of yesterday your new government has taken the same position as the old government: that you're going to pursue the lawsuit Justice O'Connor has been forced to bring with regard to claims of information not being disclosed for national security reasons. Had that litigation not been proceeding, this report would have been we don't know how much longer. So I'm asking you why you have taken that position.
Third, your new government, like the old government, has still not brought forth a piece of legislation for parliamentary oversight of our intelligence services, and my question is why not.