Mr. Speaker, the Liberal spin machine is going full speed. The Prime Minister in an effort to cover for the minister of defence has decided the best defence is a distraction.
We listen to the Prime Minister crow that somehow the opposition parties who question the lack of integrity of the minister of defence are soft on terrorism. Talk about the rooster crowing from the top of the manure pile. The truth is the Liberals are soft on terrorism. The truth is Canada would not even have troops in Afghanistan if we had not forced the Prime Minister's hand.
We know the Prime Minister's record on defence. We have troops in Afghanistan forced to ration water and to eat American rations because our supplies have not arrived. This is the Prime Minister who refuses to purchase helicopters just to satisfy his own ego. This is the Prime Minister who stated Canadian troops in Iraq should return home when the fighting started.
The government's record on defence is abysmal and embarrassing and will stick to the Prime Minister and the minister of defence like scum on a pond.