Mr. Speaker, the defence minister and the Prime Minister continue to deny knowledge of Richard Colvin's reports on Afghan prisoner torture abuse, or say that they were not credible. This is increasingly hard to believe. We know the reports were sent to 79 senior officials, including commanders at DND and the head of the Afghanistan task force. Now we are hearing that the chief of defence staff at the time, General Rick Hillier, is saying that the government was kept in the loop about prisoner torture.
If the minister really did not see any of these reports or really did not know what was going on, then he clearly was not doing his job. Will the minister admit his incompetence in this matter?