If I understand the position in which you found yourself, as a member of Cabinet, you appreciated that deporting someone to Syria was a serious decision, one that must be justified in some way. You were unaware of the reasons the US had for acting, but you also knew that if the Americans had good reasons for doing what they did, they should have shared them with the RCMP, since Mr. Arar was a Canadian citizen.
On November 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.