So things are starting to falling apart for the Conservatives when it comes to torture.  Burning the messenger only works when you’re telling the truth and it’s obvious that “Canada’s new government” knew what was going on right from the beginning…

While details of the meeting are secret, enough was said about Afghanistan to generate a report from MacKay’s office a month later that flagged the Red Cross president’s concerns.

The contents of the report, one of thousands of documents filed in the Military Police Complaints Commission investigation of torture allegations, are censored.

The email was titled: “Re: meeting with ICRC president re detention issues.”

The Conservative government has insisted it never received direct warnings about possible Afghan torture of Canadian-transferred prisoners, although MacKay has conceded that general concerns were heard almost from the moment the government took office in early 2006.
Source: The Star

So they knew, that type of thing is bound to happen in that part of the world.  Do your best to make sure it doesn’t happen and move on right.  Instead according to the Conservative playbook, you deny and obstruct anything (like the inquiry which is looking into these claims) which may lead to the truth.  Now there are rumors that the PM may prorogue the Government yet again in an effort to sweep this under the rug.