Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of National Defence confirmed, while alluding to himself and the Prime Minister, that the Prime Minister had indeed discussed the treatment of prisoners who might be captured in Afghanistan. The Minister of National Defence said, and I quote “We had discussed it”, we being the Prime Minister and the Minister of National Defence, “in terms of the policy issue and how we would conduct ourselves should we get into a situation involving the taking of prisoners”.
Are the comments made yesterday by the Minister of National Defence not a confirmation that he and the Prime Minister had indeed made a decision, in full knowledge of the facts, as to the fate of prisoners taken in Afghanistan, and this—