I have one final question. Maher Arar now has a suit before the American courts in which he seeks compensation for violations of his rights by Americans, including, I might add, the breach of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations since they did not advise him of his consular rights or advise Canada that they were detaining a Canadian citizen. The judge dismissed the suit on the grounds that the suit would be prejudicial to American national security, but in the course of the judgment, also said that it would be arguably prejudicial to Canadian national security.
My question is whether the American government consulted the Canadian government as to whether or not the Canadian government would regard any American response to be prejudicial to Canadian national security in that case.