Mr. Speaker, this week, the government shot the messenger by attacking the credibility of diplomat Richard Colvin.
Let us talk about credibility. On one hand, we have a government that is trying to hide the fact that it breached its international obligations by handing detainees over to torture. On the other hand, we have a career diplomat who is adding his voice to a number of credible organizations, such as Amnesty International and the Red Cross, to denounce the harm caused to the Afghan detainees.
Does the government realize that the only way to re-establish what little credibility it has left, is to be transparent—