Defence Minister Peter MacKay responds during Question Period in the House of Commons on Tuesday, December 1, 2009.Adrian Wyld
Defence Minister Peter MacKay responding to allegations that Canada transferred prisoners to Afghan custody knowing they were at risk of being abused.
- "There has never been a single, solitary, proven allegation of abuse of a detainee, a Taliban prisoner, transferred by Canadian Forces." Dec. 2 in the House of Commons
- "Mr. Speaker, there has not been a single, solitary, proven allegation of a prisoner being abused that was transferred from the Canadian Forces." Nov. 23 in the House of Commons
- "We do want to hear from individuals who can bring forward credible, proven allegations, not just recitations of what was heard, what was passed on, what was read in reports, or what was disclosed by Taliban prisoners themselves. That is what the evidence is so far. We have not seen a single scintilla of proof." Nov. 23 in the House of Commons
- "There has never been a single proven allegation of abuse involving a prisoner transferred by the Canadian Forces, not one." Nov. 23 in the House of Commons
- "Not a single Taliban soldier turned over by Canadian forces can be proved to have been abused. That is the crux of the issue." Nov. 22 in a press conference
- "There has not been a single, solitary proven allegation of abuse involving a transferred Taliban prisoner by Canadian forces." Nov. 19, in a press conference