Mr. Speaker, as with previous injustices perpetrated by the former Liberal government, just on the legal point of view, using the example of the Chinese head tax which was perpetrated by the former Liberal government, this particular government had no problem in terms of stating an apology and also working through the compensation process.
We will not go ahead with the apology until the compensation agreements have been worked out and until everything is accepted by those who have been hurt. We want to make sure that the Arar family, and Mr. Arar, who has been hurt in this process, has compensation negotiated in a fair way--