Mr. Speaker, historically, the Government of Canada has informed the United Nations treaty bodies that it funds the court challenges program in order to meet its obligation to ensure equal access to the courts and to provide effective remedies under international human rights treaties. These United Nations treaty bodies have recognized that the court challenges program is a vital means of implementing treaty rights and have praised Canada for that.
Considering what is going on today with regard to the Afghan detainees, would the member care to comment on the importance of the court challenges program?