General, during our committee's meeting yesterday, I questioned you about sexual assaults by the Afghan forces. You said that you had ordered your commanders to not turn their backs and do nothing if they became aware of sexual assaults being committed, and that you were encouraging them to send the message down the chain of command that those assaults had to be stopped and condemned. I believed you and I still believe you. Even if there is a chance that this will no longer happen, things have happened in the past. I questioned the minister about this the day before yesterday and his answer to me and other members was that there would be a full criminal investigation.
Have you been ordered by the Department of National Defence to investigate the Afghan forces' involvement in sexual assaults? When do you intend to begin that investigation?
The Bloc Québécois announced today that it was tabling a motion in the Standing Committee on National Defence asking that the two chaplains and Canadian officers who witnessed those events be asked to appear.
Do you agree that these individuals should appear before this committee in order to get to the bottom of this extremely delicate issue?