[English] Hon. Art Eggleton (Minister of National Defence, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I quite clearly said before the foreign affairs and the national defence committee that Canada's policy was to treat prisoners in accordance with international law, in accordance with the Geneva conventions and Canadian law, and that if any prisoners were taken, they would be transferred to an ally, the United States.
[Traduction] L'hon. Art Eggleton (ministre de la Défense nationale, Lib.): Monsieur le Président, j'ai clairement affirmé au Comité permanent des affaires étrangères et au Comité permanent de la défense nationale que la politique du Canada était de traiter les prisonniers conformément au droit international, aux conventions de Genève et au droit canadien.