Mr. Speaker, "the cream of the crop of francophone officers in the armed forces will be assimilated if young francophones opt for RMC in Kingston". These words were spoken, not by a nasty Quebec separatist, but by Mr. Terry Liston, the former Commander of CFB Valcartier and the current Vice-President of MIL Davie.
How can the Minister of National Defence, who says he is sick of Quebecers, claim to be the great defender of the French fact within the Canadian armed forces when according to those in the know, those who have been there, his plan to shut down the Collège militaire de Saint-Jean will unquestionably lead to the outright assimilation of francophones?