Mr. Speaker, for days now we have heard cries for help from the newly installed Chief of Defence Staff and his colleagues.
Nearly 300 of our Canadian Forces reservists from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island who take part in South Bound Trooper, an annual training exercise at Fort Picket, Virginia, have been left to rent a charter flight in order to get there.
It appears that the Canadian Forces cries for help are still falling on deaf ears.
Could the minister assure the House that this will not be the practice of the future for transporting our troops?