Mr. Speaker, we had to anticipate when Canadian Forces were going into a combat zone that they were going to be conducting operations that could lead to the arrest of prisoners. Throughout though it has been clear that in Canada's view the Geneva conventions applied and we would respect international law with respect to those prisoners.
There is no embarrassment about that at all. In fact we take great pride in the fact that Canada has contributed the third largest number of troops in the campaign against terrorism, and we are proud of that.