Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This question respecting section 100 is a problem for me because it directly affects troop motivation. Although this is not its intent, the government gives the impression that it believes the troops are affected solely by punishment, not by motivation. And yet when I was in the Canadian Forces, I was motivated by results, not punishment. When I took my recruit course, I was charged because other recruits and I had done something stupid. We had forgotten to secure our weapons, which happens to a lot of people when they are very tired. We had no legal knowledge. Our first reaction was to want to run away to Mexico because we did not want to suffer the foreseeable consequences, particularly since we were unaware of the principles involved.