Having read the transcript of the former Solicitor General's appearance before this committee, I believe he said that over and above the advice that he had received from both CSIS and the RCMP, he himself had misgivings for various reasons on signing off on such an approach, which related in part, I believe, to the issue of whether or not it was appropriate for the Solicitor General to be party to such a document where the foreign minister would speak on behalf of Canada in a representation to a foreign government, and also because there may have been an issue as to whether or not Mr. Arar was still a person of interest in an investigation.
On October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.