Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence.
The minister has allowed cover-up to become a standard operating procedure at the Department of National Defence. Military police investigations have been compromised. Access to information documents have been consistently violated.
General Boyle, who is at the centre of the Somalia scandal, has been put in charge of the entire department. DND has been totally unco-operative with the inquiry.
The media knew there was a cover-up in the minister's department. The inquiry knew there was a cover-up in the minister's department. The Canadian public knew there was a cover-up in the minister's department.
How is it that the minister was not aware of the cover-up in the Department of National Defence?