Mr. Speaker, the minister's comments are totally off track. We are not talking about the rights of an employee, we are talking about the rights of the Canadian public to know information that is being published by the information commissioner.
For openness and accountability the Department of National Defence has the worst record in government. While this minister has been in office, documents have been lost, they have been altered, they have been destroyed, they have been withheld and the white-out budget at the Department of National Defence has gone through the roof.
Does the Prime Minister agree with the defence minister that openness means covering up and that truth, duty and valour mean don't get caught?