Mr. Harper said he telephoned Mr. Bush to tell him Canada is upset about the findings of an independent commission of inquiry that "American officials had not been candid and truthful in their dealings with Canadian officials in the case."
Canada will lodge an official protest through formal diplomatic channels and expects a response, Mr. Harper said. Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay will write to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
"What I would like to see, obviously, is the United States government to come clean with its version of events, to acknowledge, I would hope to acknowledge, the deficiencies and the inappropriate conduct that occurred, particularly vis-à-vis its relationship with the Canadian government," Mr. Harper said at a news conference in Calgary.
