Mr. Speaker, the registry is one thing, the people are something else.
The minister cannot say how many detainees Canada is responsible for nor can he say who they are, where they are or what condition they are in.
He has repeatedly given false information, as has the Minister of National Defence who, yesterday, claimed to have some new agreement that we know today is not true.
Will the Prime Minister support our courageous forces in Afghanistan by picking, from any number of his more talented backbenchers, a new defence minister to be a leader that our troops can finally respect?