Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to draw to your attention, and to the committee members' attention, the fact that when Mr. Godin and myself raised the issue of national defence, we were referring to last week's statement by the ombudsman. I was not referring to what happened in the past, when the former Minister of National Defence, Mr. O'Connor, came before the committee to explain the new program that he was interested in establishing.
This is a topical issue. It happened last week. We were referring to the issue raised by the National Defence and Canadian Forces ombudsman, that is the situation of francophone recruits in the Canadian armed forces on the Borden base. This situation must be clarified and it is in that context that we mentioned the Canadian armed forces.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.