Afghanistan committee  That wasn't part of our mandate to go and inspect prisons, but there was a Corrections Canada visit to Sarposa Prison in 2006. They wrote a report, and there was nothing in the report that raised any alarms or concerns.

Afghanistan committee  I didn't receive any information about that.

Afghanistan committee  Nothing came to my level.

Afghanistan committee  I dealt with the governors of the six southern provinces as part of my responsibility, including Khalid. He and I would meet several times a week.

Afghanistan committee  Yes, I did.

Afghanistan committee  No.

Afghanistan committee  Yes, I did.

Afghanistan committee  No. Nobody raised a report to me.

Afghanistan committee  Yes. We had regular contact, and he never reported anything to me.

Afghanistan committee  I never received any reports about abuse or torture from any Canadian.

Afghanistan committee  That is correct, and that included reading a report from the Correctional Service of Canada about the Sarposa Prison. They saw the prison in about the May-June period, and there was nothing in that prison report at all about torture or abuse.

Afghanistan committee  I want to thank the committee for the privilege of speaking to you today about this important issue. From February to November 2006, I was the guy on the ground. I was the commander of both Task Force Afghanistan and Task Force AEGIS. I wore two hats, in essence: a Canadian commander's hat and a multinational commander's hat.