Mr. Speaker, in agreement with my colleague, under the previous administration, under which this whole situation took place, there was abominable confusion.
Justice O'Connor indicated in his report that once the RCMP had given the information to the government that Mr. Arar was not a concern in terms of coming back from Syria to Canada, the former federal government could not speak with one voice to get that man out of prison.
In contrast, within hours of receiving the O'Connor report, the new Government of Canada took action. We removed the information about Mr. Arar and agreed--