Mr. Speaker, I, too, was very surprised at the comments by the minister of state, because very clearly the issue the member for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek put before the House and put to the minister is why will the government not allow this Canadian citizen to come back to Canada to go through the due process of a trial of defence and prosecution? That was the question.
I find it quite astounding that the minister would completely misrepresent what is being put forward here and suggest that the member was somehow jumping to conclusions. It seems to me that the government itself is jumping to conclusions
It really begs the question again, why will the government not go through due process and allow this Canadian citizen to return to Canada to stand the test of a trial here in Canada? What is wrong with that proposition? Why is it so intent on this course of denying justice, not doing anything and keeping this individual in a situation that is completely untenable?