Mr. Speaker, it appears the Minister of National Defence's case of the dithers is spreading rapidly. He has moved from dithering on releasing the defence policy review to now dithering on telling Canadians the truth about ballistic missile defence.
Last fall the minister assured Canadians that we had a choice whether or not to participate with a vote in Parliament. Now we know Canada has been participating all along.
Why does the minister insist on treating Canada's position on missile defence like a political football that can be tossed to the public or withheld at will?