Mr. Speaker, last week the defence minister denied receiving a transition memo stating that 1,200 personnel were available for missions other than Afghanistan, and the Chief of the Defence Staff denied ever sending that memo. Yesterday they sang the same tune at the foreign affairs committee, but I have that transition book, addressed to the minister, signed by General Hillier and dated February 2006.
I cannot actually believe I am asking this question, but is the minister telling us that he never read his ministerial transition book upon taking office?