As I said in relation to Mr. Holland's question, I think it would be fair to say that at least at various points during that year, from the time he was detained in the United States until his return in September 2004, the expression I would use is that the impression was left that he was a person of interest. Nobody ever said anything else to me, either before I became Minister of Public Safety.... For example, around the cabinet table in discussions nobody ever used the language of “Islamist extremist”, but I do think it's fair to say that the impression was he was a person of interest.
On November 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.