Mr. Chair, I have a lot of respect for you. I disagree with your ruling. I am not challenging it. This is, in fact, an effort to prevent us asking wide-ranging questions on the minister's current responsibilities. Just because he wasn't the Minister of National Defence then doesn't mean that he's not responsible for answering even historical questions on what may have happened and what he has learned about the positions. Therefore, if your ruling is that I can't ask the question that I was beginning to pose, I shall ask no questions.
Thank you. I will allow my colleague to take the balance of my time.