Mr. Speaker, yesterday the defence minister spoke of due process in the Somalia inquiry. Yet on August 28 before General Boyle had delivered his testimony and before Colonel Haswell had even started to testify, the minister publicly exonerated General Boyle and commended him as CDS. Those comments amounted to a blatant interference with the inquiry.
How can the Prime Minister condone this improper violation of due process by the very minister who commissioned the inquiry?