Mr. Speaker, the Minister of National Defence knew since January 21 that the Canadian Forces had handed over their first prisoners to the American forces. We know that prior to January 28, the Americans had not decided on their position. We were left in the dark for one week.
How does the Minister of National Defence explain that he did not see fit not to warn the Prime Minister of what was happening, preferring to let him make public statements to the effect that the question was hypothetical “We will see when we have prisoners”?
Is it not important that the Prime Minister was led to say something that the Minister of National Defence—