Mr. Speaker, back in 1993 there was a very high profile candidate for the hon. member's party. He is that party's expert on defence and here is what he had to say. I will just remind him:
I frankly don't give a damn whether he was told or if he told somebody else or what the timings were. I know that politics have to be played, but in my estimation this is not the time to do it. There are greater things at stake here.
He goes on to say:
The last thing that we need right now is changing the Minister of National Defence.