Commissioner Zaccardelli has testified before this committee that as soon as he found out that there was false information and learned of Mr. Arar's innocence he informed the government, and we heard from Mr. Easter that he had never had any such interaction with Mr. Zaccardelli. Can you tell us, either at the time of those briefings or subsequently, did the Commissioner or the RCMP tell you that they were ruling out Maher Arar as a terrorist or as an Islamic extremist? At any time, did they admit that there had been false information provided to the United States that may have led to the arrest of Maher Arar?
On November 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.