Mr. Chairman, I do not understand what is happening in the room today. We were asked to attend here today to have a discussion on the issue of detainees in Afghanistan. The ministers will have to explain what the RCMP is doing there, what CIDA is doing there, and what Foreign Affairs is doing there. I think we are veering off course, as our original objective, by the way, was to question the Minister of Defence. We have gone from one department, that is Defence, to five departments, and the meeting has been reduced from three hours to two. I think this is some kind of cover-up and I would like some explanation as to why, in the documents we were sent, there is talk about detainees, and why now, we are being told about Canadian Forces in Afghanistan in general.
Is this an effort to shield the Minister of Defence? Is that the objective?