Mr. Speaker, with respect to the kicking and screaming, I would like to quote from a letter written by Mr. Grace to the deputy minister: "There is a silver lining to the cloud which these cases represent for national defence. The wrongdoing which occurred was first brought to my attention by the deputy minister of defence". In other words, it was brought to the attention of the commissioner by the department itself. There was no kicking, screaming or dragging.
Obviously this is a disconcerting series of events and all of those matters will be addressed.
What the hon. member has also failed to reveal in the House is that his party, together with members of the national media, maligned the present chief of defence staff. Mr. Grace in his letter has since said that the chief of defence staff, General Boyle, has had nothing whatsoever to do with any of the wrongdoings.
I expect apologies from the Reform Party and the national media with respect to the actions taken against the chief of defence staff.