Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Commissioner, for being here.
I have to say to you that in the letter to us, you said something about where there was a misperception of your evidence when you came the first time, and you're repeating that today. I have practised law in the courts for 27 years, and I've read the transcript of your testimony. I've read it a number of times, Commissioner.
In response to four different members, including Mr. Cotler on the second occasion, you repeated over and over again that you knew, and the upper level of the RCMP knew, as early as when Mr. Arar was being detained in New York, that false and misleading accusations against him had been conveyed to the Americans. You repeated that, sir, at least five times in your testimony.
So will you agree with me that this isn't a misperception on the part of the people who asked those questions that day? It's not a misperception on the part of the people who listened to your testimony that day. This was a straight mistake on your part of conveying that information to us.