Mr. Speaker, in the minister of fisheries' fight to end overfishing off the Grand Banks he has at times been prone to rhetoric and occasional flights of fancy in the name of conservation.
But yesterday the minister went too far. He trivialized the ultimate sacrifice made by those who died for this great country during the second world war by evoking their memory to score points in our dispute with the European Union.
Does the minister realize that his remarks offended many Canadians and is he prepared to apologize to those who took offence?