Mr. Speaker, if the Prime Minister does not act at the top others are forced to improvise down below.
Lieutenant-General Maurice Baril has become tired of waiting for General Boyle to appoint an inspector general. So he has created his own position of command inspector to investigate charges of poor leadership and morale. He says: "I can't wait six months. I want to find out immediately, did the leadership fail". The leadership did fail and it continues to fail.
How long do the soldiers have to wait? How low does morale have to get before the Prime Minister does the right thing, as distinct from the politically expedient thing, and fire General Boyle and the Minister of National Defence?