Mr. Speaker, I said very clearly yesterday that we are in a very important and difficult situation and changing the way things were done at national defence before. We have major operating cuts. We have a huge reduction of armed forces personnel. These things are very difficult to deal with.
I said yesterday that what the military needs at this time is stability in leadership. One of the problems that created this situation is that under the previous administration there were six ministers of national defence in nine years. I do not believe a problem can be solved by playing the game of changing people every time the House of Commons asks for it. Real leadership is when there are good ministers doing a good job under difficult circumstances. The Minister of National Defence has my confidence.