Mr. Speaker, it is not just Liberal members who backtracked on their commitment to our troops in Afghanistan. The member for Sackville—Eastern Shore originally said:
The answer is yes, I support the mission and the troops in Afghanistan and so does my party....
Then, in an odd twist of logic, he said that he would abstain from the vote because he supported our troops. Finally, he showed up and voted against our troops.
The member for Halifax said:
It's not a question of should we be in Afghanistan. Yes, we should, we need to be, we need to be in for the long haul.
She too voted against our troops.
The member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie said:
Well, I think supporting the troops... I do agree with that... we think we should have a debate... So we still like to have a vote, and we'll vote in favour.'
Yet the member turned around and voted against our troops.
I find it sad that opposition members would play politics with this mission.
Not long ago many opposition members pledged full support for our troops. On Wednesday they flip-flopped and chose to vote against the government instead. Our military men and women deserve better.