I really take exception to one of the government members' saying that it would be a waste of time, because after all, this is an incredibly important issue.
The letter we've received from the deputy minister isn't fulsome in its explanation by any stretch of the imagination. In terms of the investigations that are happening right now, the Department of National Defence is attempting to halt the one with the MPCC, or put intimidation, at any rate, on that investigation.
You know, I would think that the government side would understand that the issue is going to stay on the front pages of the papers until it's dealt with in a satisfactory manner. I believe the way to do that would be at this committee, with the Chief of the Defence Staff, who signed that agreement. And when you read the agreement, you can see it was cobbled together by a number of other agreements. It's totally unsatisfactory, totally shoddy. The minister and the Chief of the Defence Staff need to come here to tell us how they're going to fix this problem so that Canadian men and women in the military are not left in a dangerous position. The way it is right now, they are left in a dangerous position.