Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
For months now the Prime Minister has said that the former defence minister and General Boyle were operating the armed forces to the satisfaction of the government, no major crisis. Since then the minister and the chief of defence staff have resigned under a cloud and on the heels of many scandals. Yesterday the new defence minister admitted that the armed forces face a major crisis.
How can the Prime Minister explain the flip flop? Does the Prime Minister believe there is a major crisis in the armed forces or not?