The express concern that Justice O'Connor indicated was that while the RCMP had a right to speak to U.S. officials, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade was dealing with U.S. officials on consular matters, those two roads never met in Canada. So the RCMP officials and the Department of Foreign Affairs officials had not spoken to each other at that point, during the early stages of Mr. Arar's detention in New York, and that is exactly the issue of why there was a recommendation and, in fact, the only process that we have to guide us at this point.
As the government has indicated it would fulfill the recommendations, we must look at the recommendations that Mr. Justice O'Connor has put forward and try to respond to them. And the exact issue of communication that you've now raised again--and I appreciate it because Mr. Holland also raised it--is key to resolving this problem.
I'm now going to ask Mr. Desjardins if he would speak to the issue of communication between departments and what he's doing about it.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.