Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, I'd like to clarify a point. Commissioner Iacobucci clearly stated that no actions of Canadian officials directly resulted in the mistreatment of any individual. In addition, I think it would be inappropriate for me to comment on those three cases.

Public Safety committee  I agree with Mr. Iacobucci, including the statement I've just read.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, I would like to emphasize that, on certain occasions, it is impossible to know whether the information has been obtained by torture. On other occasions, however, it's obvious from the nature of the information. For example, we can know whether information has been o

Public Safety committee  No. When there is a doubt, we don't rely on the information, as far as--

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, in the case of Afghanistan, there are allegations of torture, but these aren't just allegations. Earlier I explained how we try to confirm the origin of information or the manner in which it has been obtained. What I was explaining applied to Afghanistan. Sometimes

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, my answer is yes, given the parameters in place, ministerial directives, acts and internal service policies.

Public Safety committee  With regard to the legal mandate, section 12 of the act defines the service's mandate. There is no geographic restriction. The service gathers information when it has reasons to suspect that activities are related to a threat, in accordance with the definition contained in sectio

Afghanistan committee  No.

Afghanistan committee  Neither the nature of the complaint or the complainant would be disclosed. I don't want to put Mr. Rae on the spot if he wants to correct me...but no.

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chair, you would have to ask the SIRC members that question. Instead of presenting an exact account of what was said, the public report may simply contain the committee's deliberations or findings. You would still have to ask SIRC, that is not part of our responsibilities.

Afghanistan committee  Frankly, Mr. Chair, I cannot answer that. I would have to look at all the annual reports since 2002. I cannot say whether that was the case every year or every two years. I do not know.

Afghanistan committee  Do you mean when the committee investigates a complaint or when it decides to review one of the service's activities, specifically?

Afghanistan committee  It can be anyone who may have relevant information and who SIRC wants to see.

Afghanistan committee  No.

Afghanistan committee  A director.