Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Commander Edmundson of the HMCS Calgary said, “The sailors are tired, the ships are tired, the navy is tired”. Some have worked 37 out of the last 52 weeks in the theatre fighting our war against terrorism. What has the government chosen to do? It has chosen to cut retroactively their pay supplements while they work in the Middle East.
My question is for the President of the Treasury Board. Why has she chosen to cut retroactively the foreign service deployment payments to our hard-working sailors?