Afghanistan committee  I apologize. My dad used to say, if you don't lie, you don't have to remember anything. That was pretty sage advice from a Newfoundlander. I said what I had to say. The mere fact that there was no contradiction, I think, reflects a system that worked pretty well.

Afghanistan committee  My daily brief?

Afghanistan committee  Yes, absolutely.

Afghanistan committee  No, not until spring of 2007. Then we actually made a decision to put a temporary pause on turning anybody over. It happened to coincide with a lull in operations, so we actually didn't have anybody to turn over, as I recall. So it was about that timeframe.

Afghanistan committee  In everything, I balanced all the information I got.

Afghanistan committee  None.

Afghanistan committee  Thank you for the question, madame. And let me say that I didn't negotiate any part of the 2005 agreement. I signed that agreement on behalf of the Government of Canada, with its full approval. It had been negotiated by experts from the Department of National Defence and the Department of Foreign Affairs, with input from international law experts.

Afghanistan committee  Can I respond to that?

Afghanistan committee  It is almost a question. What I would say is this. We had already started taking those actions when she issued that judgment. On November 5, 2007, we stopped the transfer of detainees because we no longer had the confidence that we could meet our command responsibilities. We were still continuing the cessation of those transfers up until that time, until we were all comfortable--starting with the guy on the ground who was in on a daily basis--that the regime to oversee, to train, to improve, to investigate, and follow up was in place on the ground.

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Dosanjh, I'm sure the other gentlemen will want to talk to parts of this too, but let me just say in response to the question, was I satisfied that I had met my command responsibilities as a Canadian Chief of Defence Staff, that I was. If I questioned that myself, actually I was held accountable by an entire team that helped me get to that satisfaction.

Afghanistan committee  I have just a few words here, Mr. Chairman. I'm not going to speak very long, which is very unusual for me, I might add. Can I say, sir, first of all, thank you for the invitation to be here. At least one good thing has come out of this from my perspective: I've had my first haircut in three months, triggered by my appearance here today because I didn't want to look unsoldierly, if you will.