ICRC
What the ministers were told
The head of the International Red Cross is reported to have met with Peter MacKay, Gordon O’Connor and Stockwell Day in the fall of 2006.
‘Why do you want to know?’
More memos from 2006, more concerns about Canada’s handling of Afghan detainees.
The apology precedent
It was suggested during QP yesterday that some sort of apology to the House might now be in order. Here, for the sake of comparison, is the statement Gordon O’Connor, Peter MacKay’s predecessor as minister of national defence, made in the House on Mar. 19, 2007, after it was confirmed that statements he had made were not accurate.
‘Strategic (Macro) Level Engagement’
Canadian Press gains access to internal documents and finds talking points, expressed concerns and wrangling over contingencies.
The Commons: And so we arrive at satire
This government won’t stand for attacks against civil servants
KANDH-0032
Here, via some very rudimentary technical skills, is KANDH-0032 isolated from yesterday’s package of documents. Much of whatever Richard Colvin reported in his early memos is obscured, but of those that were said to deal with the “treatment” of detainees, this is perhaps the least redacted.