Mr. Speaker, I have not refused to answer the question. The appropriate question is: When did the relevant minister know? That information has been conveyed. The responsibility lies with ministers. Ministers are accountable to this House.
Rather than conducting some kind of misguided witch hunt, my suggestion to the hon. member is that she focus on the role of the Canadian armed forces.
Is she suggesting that had the Prime Minister received the information sooner he would have somehow or other intervened with the conduct of the forces? Is she suggesting that they did not conduct themselves properly? Is she suggesting that they should have done something differently which the Prime Minister would have affected had he had the information?