Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Prime Minister has stated that he did not believe the retired generals who called for increased defence funding.
Last month the minister himself stated that we needed to put more money into the military. He said that Canada cannot sit at the G-8 table and go to the bathroom when the bill comes. The defence committee, the defence minister and the officers of the armed forces have all said we need more money.
What happened in the past month to make the minister flip-flop and why is he going back to the bathroom to hide?