Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of National Defence.
I come from a province where Canada Day is also Memorial Day. On July 1, 1916 the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was all but wiped out in the first day of the battle of the Somme.
Can the minister assure me that the proposed downsizing of Canada's armed forces reserves will not result in the elimination of the current Royal Newfoundland Regiment?