There is another case that you yourself raised. It is the case of Abousfian Abdelrazik. I'm talking about the person who's currently being detained in Sudan. According to what we know, the Sudanese believe that he is a terrorist. After having tortured him, they finally convinced themselves that he was not a terrorist. Canadian authorities, following an investigation, are also convinced that he is not one. Yet, the minister has said that his name is on the UN list of terrorists. Nobody knows why.
However, this should not prevent him from returning to Canada. The minister told us that he cannot return for reasons of national security. We are unaware of these reasons of national security. Since the minister does not want to disclose the reasons, and things have been swept under the rug before, everyone will just assume that there is a reasonable explanation, like the fact that he is a foreign-born Canadian citizen, which consequently, would turn this issue into one of racism.
If we had a parliamentary oversight committee, something that has been suggested for years and was promised by Paul Martin, before he was elected Prime Minister, would there be a way for parliamentarians, bound to confidentiality rules, to check whether or not the minister is guilty of racism in this case, or if indeed there are good reasons relating to national security?