As I remember from the discussions generally at the time when those comments were made, I think the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who I believe was Bill Graham at the time, reacted quite strongly to Mr. Cellucci's comments. My sense was that the minister rejected what was said by Mr. Cellucci if he meant that we were somehow complicitous in Mr. Arar's deportation. I think Mr. Graham generally tried to clarify, for himself and for the government and for others, that, no, we were not involved in Mr. Arar's deportation.
On November 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.