Mr. Chair, in the event soldiers were prosecuted, what would be the Canadian government's position?
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Business of Supply May 17th, 2007
Mr. Chair, in the event soldiers were prosecuted, what would be the Canadian government's position?
Business of Supply May 17th, 2007
Mr. Chair, does the minister think that some Canadian soldiers could be prosecuted for turning detainees over to the Afghan authorities, knowing that they would be tortured, and how can he be so sure?
Business of Supply May 17th, 2007
Mr. Chair, the minister says that this is not in his department's mandate. However, I would like to ask another question on the same subject.
Since he is the Minister of National Defence and he was once a general, does the minister have an idea of how much it costs and how many people it takes to operate these detention centres?
Business of Supply May 17th, 2007
Mr. Chair, does the minister know how much it would cost for a detention centre run jointly by NATO countries and Afghanistan?
Business of Supply May 17th, 2007
Mr. Chair, of course the minister is going to say these are questions of an operational nature. I would still like to ask my questions on the prisoners handed over to Afghan authorities.
My question is for the Minister of National Defence. Where are these prisoners and in how many centres?
Business of Supply May 17th, 2007
Mr. Chair, the minister's replies concerning the prisoners handed over to Afghan authorities have zigzagged skilfully. I asked how many prisoners had been transferred since 2002. That strikes me as a precise question which the minister could make an effort to answer.
Can the minister tell us how many prisoners have been handed over since 2002?
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Mr. Chair, I would like to also revisit a question concerning French in the armed forces.
What does the minister intend to do to ensure that francophones have a place other than on the front lines?
Business of Supply May 17th, 2007
Mr. Chair, I would like to come back to some questions I have already asked, which the minister managed to sidestep very skilfully. The minister is very good at stick handling his way around a question, but I do realize that the minister cannot answer all of the questions.
Does the minister make a commitment to provide me with answers once he has consulted with his people on the range for eastern Canada?
Can the minister give us a progress report on the range for eastern Canada and tell us when he plans to table the findings of the report and to make them public?
The minister is not obliged to answer this question because he gave me an answer earlier. I got the same replies a few months ago, and I want an answer that is more current. Can the minister give me an answer?
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Mr. Chair, this will be my last question to do with detainees. Have they been visited? If not, when will they be?
Business of Supply May 17th, 2007
Mr. Chair, my next questions also deal with detainees. Where are these detainees? How many detention centres are they being held in? How many detention centres will eventually be used for Canadian detainees?