Mr. Speaker, this is a government that sent a letter to a grieving military family demanding the refund of a pension payment. It mailed another family a one-cent cheque. Now the families who lost a member in Afghanistan have received a letter telling them, “pay your own way to the May 9 commemoration in Ottawa”.
Last time, the defence minister promised to take action to make sure this kind of slap in the face never happens again. He failed to deliver on that.
Rather than blame his staff, as he did in public today, when will he stand in this House and apologize?