Justice Iacobucci
Agreement and disagreement
The opposition parties aren’t agreed as to whether Justice Frank Iacobucci, or seemingly any independent advisor or arbiter, should have a role in Parliament’s review of detainee documents. Meanwhile, Gen. Walter Natynczyk, the chief of the defence staff and a man the Defence Minister seems to trust, is asked if he’s worried about detainee documents being reviewed.
The Commons: A little light reading
The government is accused of delivering “two boxes of contempt” to Parliament
2,500 pages of what?
The government sent up Tom Lukiwski this morning to table some 2,500 pages of apparently redacted documents apparently related to the issue of Afghan detainees. The opposition parties are unimpressed.
All in (II)
Overviews of this morning’s events from the Canadian Press, Sun, Canwest and CBC.
The Commons: Wait and see
The opposition persists in its questions and the government insists on dismissing those queries
The terms of reference
The government releases Frank Iacobucci’s terms of reference, the opposition is unpersuaded.
The Commons: What this is about
“Having indirectly congratulated himself, Harper basked in whatever kind of victory this amounted to”
The Commons: ‘I have the feeling that nothing will satisfy the honourable gentleman’
Liberals cry out for “nothing but the truth” in detainee scandal
The Commons: Adjust your cuffs and carry on
Questions of mandates, trust and rendition
‘Anything less will fail to provide Parliament and Canadians with the answers they are entitled to’
Michael Ignatieff sends an open letter to the Prime Minister.