Mr. Speaker, I have a lot of confidence in the Minister of National Defence.
When I was in the opposition, I knew there were a lot of problems in that department. That is one of the reasons we made a promise to have an inquiry into the Somalia affair. I said at that time that one of the problems which existed in the previous administration was that there were seven defence ministers in nine years.
I said to the Minister of National Defence: "You will take over a very difficult job, but I will keep you in that job. This department needs the respect of the government. We should have a minister who will be there for a long time, who will be responsible and who will take his responsibilities very seriously". That is exactly what the Minister of National Defence has been doing since November 1993.