Mr. Speaker, the minister states that members of the service should speak only to their superiors yet these are the very superiors who suppressed evidence to start with. They have to have the freedom to go outside the normal chain.
The minister has stated there will be a public civilian inquiry into the Somalia affair. When will the minister table a terms of reference for the inquiry? Will the minister ensure that the inquiry is broad enough to reach the highest echelons of the Department of National Defence in Ottawa up to and including a previous minister of defence?