Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Prime Minister claims that we are playing politics. You, Mr. Speaker, obviously do not agree, by your ruling this morning, and neither do we. We believe that the politics being played here are the politics of deceit and the deceit is on the side of the government.
Our soldiers may have taken al-Qaeda prisoners but the government seems to be holding the truth captive.
The Minister of National Defence said that he and only he knew for a full week about the circumstances. The Prime Minister says that he did not know for a week what was going on.
When did the Deputy Prime Minister know what was going on?