Mr. Speaker, just after I said I would change the names to the ridings or to the position I went ahead and read the name. I apologize for that.
The press release states:
It is clear that [the] Minister of Defence...deliberately misled the House of Commons when he changed his story about when he knew about the full details of capture and turnover of prisoners by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, say several members of the Official Opposition.
The Canadian Alliance reasserted charges against the Minister today after testimony by Vice-Admiral Gregg Maddison before the Procedure and House Affairs Committee. Maddison, under questioning from the Alliance Justice Critic...described the briefing he gave [the Minister of National Defence] on January 21--
“The Minister was briefed that we had been on a successful mission, that we had followed the appropriate rules of engagement, that none of our people were hurt, that we had captured suspected Afghani terrorists, or al-Qaida terrorists, that they had been transported safely, that they had been turned over to the Americans”.
The press releases further states:
“The Minister's feeble defence that he did not fully understand the extent of Canadian involvement has been shot full of holes by senior military commander”, said Canadian Alliance Foreign Affairs Critic...[The Canadian Alliance foreign affairs critic] was the first witness before the committee to testify about [the Minister of National Defence's] misleading statements in the House. “Vice-Admiral Madison made it...clear today that the briefing he gave the Minister on January 21 was complete and unambiguous”, said [the foreign affairs critic for the Canadian Alliance].
“The evidence is now very clear that [the] Minister [Minister of National Defence] deliberately misled the House of Commons and Canadians”, said--