Mr. Speaker, be that as it may, the Minister of National Defence still does not know that his Prime Minister talked about a written guarantee. It may be that the Prime Minister himself does not remember. It would not be the first that he does not remember what he said.
I recall that, just before agreeing to making changes to Norad, the Prime Minister phoned me and said that the issue had nothing to do with the missile defence shield. However, we know now that, in fact, this has something to do with the missile defence shield, contrary to what the Prime Minister told me on the phone, just before agreeing to these changes and signing the agreement.
Today, I would like to know if his intention then was not try to slip past us Canada's participation in the missile—