Thank you, Minister.
Madam Chair, I have a quick question while we're still talking about Operation LASER.
The President of the Treasury Board has said, “The Canadian Armed Forces will be present as long as their presence is needed in Quebec”. This contradicts what Prime Minister Trudeau is saying, which is that we have a hard deadline of June 26 for the withdrawal of our troops for Operation LASER. That means taking our troops out of our long-term care facilities.
Minister, is June 26 the hard date for the winding down of Operation LASER?