Mr. Speaker, the chief of the land staff, Lieutenant General Mike Jeffery, has announced that given the budget available to him he is getting ready to make staff cuts that could number in the thousands.
Will the Minister of National Defence explain this contradiction to us? On the one hand, the Minister of National Defence is arguing in favour of increased recruitment and, on the other, the chief of the land staff is threatening to make deep cuts. Which will it be? Increase, cut or stabilize military personnel?