David Fraser offers four amendments.
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What we’re really talking about when we talk about lawful access
Terry Milewski reviews sections 33 and 34 of the government’s online surveillance legislation.
The Board of Inquiry report (II)
As Rear Admiral P.A. Maddison explained yesterday, there was apparently belief among Canadian Forces that violence was a “cultural norm” among Afghan authorities, but there was no “observation” or “expectation” that detainees were being abused.
What they said (V)
The issue of Governor Asadullah Khalid was raised three times during Afghanistan committee hearings last year. Specifically, the matter was pursued with Richard Colvin, Major-General David Fraser, the commander of Task Force Afghanistan for most of 2006, and ambassador David Mulroney, the former associate deputy minister for foreign affairs.
The Colvin encyclopedia
A collection of documents, testimony and news reports related to Richard Colvin and Canada’s handling of Afghan detainees. The Colvin encyclopedia is updated as events warrant.
Newsmakers ’09: I’m sorry!
The year in apologies, including Barack Obama, Serena Williams and Kanye West
Kandahar: we didn’t know what we were getting into
Reconstruction and training Afghans were supposed to be the big jobs
What happened to those 130?
The government has long maintained that to disclose the number of detainees transferred by Canadian Forces in Afghanistan would violate operational security, but a government source now tells the Globe that approximately 130 were transferred during the first 14 months of combat operations in Kandahar.