Mr. Speaker, the minister does not want to comment. That is fine because, quite frankly, Canadians have no confidence in anything the minister says anyway.
The minister tried to distance himself from senior officials' attempts to cover up Somalia documents. Yet a staff officer for the Minister of National Defence was part of the Somalia working group.
It is inconceivable to Canadians that the minister was not briefed about the scheme hatched by the public affairs branch of his department to alter Somalia documents and obstruct access to information requests.
What did the minister know about this attempted cover-up? When did he know it? Was he a pawn or a player?