Madam Speaker, I listened very attentively to the member for Crowfoot who repudiates the report of the committee.
The recommendations are very clear. The committee recommends that the Government of Canada demand Omar Khadr's release from U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay to the custody of Canadian law enforcement officials as soon as practicable. It calls on the director of public prosecutions to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute Omar Khadr for offences under Canadian law. It calls on the Government of Canada take such measures as are necessary to ensure that possibility security concerns are appropriately and adequately addressed upon the repatriation of Omar Khadr.
The recommendations go on. These are responsible, forthright recommendations. No doubt Canadians believe they would reinforce Canadian values.
The member raises a number of red herrings that have nothing to do with the case. In this situation, the Canadian government has not intervened, yet a child soldier has now spent seven years in Guantanamo Bay.
The question that arises following his intervention, as with other interventions from the Conservative side, is this. Given that we have a responsible committee report, which obviously receives the support of the majority of members in the House of Commons, why has the government not acted? Why has the government refused any sort of responsible approach in this matter? Why has it allowed this child soldier, without due process, to languish for seven years—