Mr. Speaker, following the crash of a passenger plane in Manitoba on December 9, Canada's air force arrived at the scene four hours after a civilian helicopter. An inquiry into the mission found that unnecessary risks taken by the pilot, a lieutenant colonel, put the Hercules itself and the town in jeopardy, yet the only one to be punished for this was the junior officer.
Does the minister of defence feel it is good for morale to allow a junior officer to once again be a scapegoat for his superior?