Mr. Speaker, the only people who are flinging mud right now are those people who have served in the armed forces and know full well what is going on there and what the morale has stooped to.
Jean Boyle can no longer lead the Canadian Armed Forces. It is as simple as that and I do not know why he cannot get it through his head. By blaming his subordinates, Boyle has lost the confidence of his troops. The Prime Minister and the defence minister are no better. These big boys prefer to puff out their chests in some macho defence of General Boyle instead of simply admitting they were wrong.
I ask the minister one more time, will he just forget about his political pride, his political record of not firing people? Will he just put aside this political huffing and puffing once and for all, admit he was wrong and fire Jean Boyle?