Mr. Speaker, joint task force 2 is well trained for its role in domestic hostage rescue. Claiming that this unit is intended for a special forces role in overseas operations is a smokescreen intended to hide the fact that the Liberal government blundered in disbanding the Canadian airborne regiment in 1995.
The minister is needlessly putting the lives of Canadian soldiers at risk by stretching our limited resources to cover his mistakes.
Will he admit today that Canada needs and must have a unit like the Canadian airborne to carry on the international war against terrorism?