Afghanistan committee  So this is very difficult, but that's what they're trying to do.

Afghanistan committee  No, I believe that... Obviously, there are differences between the two situations. All I can say is that when we were negotiating our agreement, since there had previously been problems with detainee transfers to the American authorities, as you had said in the House when I was t

Afghanistan committee  Yes.

Afghanistan committee  For reasons of capacity. We did not have the capacity to do that and engage in combat at the same time.

Afghanistan committee  No, I believe, as the member mentioned... Obviously, the Americans have a spotless record in most cases. The problem was that they were determined to transfer prisoners where they wanted, to Guantanamo and elsewhere. We did not feel at the time that this was an appropriate soluti

Afghanistan committee  No, I do not know her.

Afghanistan committee  I read a newspaper account of what she had said on television.

Afghanistan committee  No, certainly not. Mr. Bachand, we are talking about the Department of Foreign Affairs. If this women had written a report, she would have submitted it to the authorities in that department.

Afghanistan committee  That's right.

Afghanistan committee  All I can tell you is that the authorities in the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of National Defence agreed on the terms of this agreement and that the Government of Canada supported the signing of the agreement.The authorities in Ms. Olexiuk's department theref

Afghanistan committee  No, we did not have—

Afghanistan committee  We were only aware that there were other agreements being negotiated at the time. My recollection, actually, is that when we were discussing this matter in the House of Commons in November, in the take note debate, Mr. Blaikie raised the matter of detainees. He gave me a copy o

Afghanistan committee  I respond by saying that we believed at the time the two provisions for monitoring that were put in the agreement—namely, the Red Cross, on the one hand, and the human rights commission of Afghanistan—were monitoring procedures that would satisfy our responsibilities in internati

Afghanistan committee  I really couldn't speak to that. That's pure.... I would really say, sir, that if we're talking here about--

Afghanistan committee  No, we're talking about criminal responsibility of individuals for acts, and as a cautious lawyer, I would suggest that one should allow tribunals that were established for that purpose to establish those facts.