Mr. Speaker, among the few unredacted documents the government let slip through, there is an email dated January 19, 2006 in which colonel Gauthier said that several Canadian soldiers had witnessed the abuse of detainees in Afghan army custody. This means that, as early as January 2006, the Canadian government was aware of the risk of torture.
Why did the government turn a blind eye to the risk of torture? Why did it not shoulder its responsibilities under the Geneva convention?