[1][2][3][4] His testimony led to intense scrutiny of the Harper government's detainee policies in Kandahar, including through further witnesses at the House of Commons Afghanistan committee.
[5] Colvin was born in 1969 in a village near Coventry, Great Britain, where he lived until the age of 16, when his family migrated to Canada, settling near Waterdown, Ontario.
In a letter sent to the Canadian Department of Justice and obtained by CBC News, lawyer Lori Bokenfohr said the government invoked the national security order in response to Colvin's decision to co-operate with the Military Police Complaints Commission.
A 2015 review by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Rideau Institute supports Colvin's conclusions and notes the efforts made by elected officials and civil servants to suppress his criticism.
[8] Another study concludes that Colvin's evidence was supported by other observers and that his disclosures had been politicized by the government of the day in an effort to minimize public relations damage, including ordering his silence and attacking him personally in Parliament.