Mr. Speaker, we are proud of our forces and less proud of a government that does not tell the truth to Canadians.
Last fall the Prime Minister specifically said that Canadian Forces would not be pinpointing targets on the ground. The Chief of the Defence Staff agreed that such a role would be a “semi-combat role” and would not fit with a non-combat mission.
Is the Minister of National Defence now telling us that he disagrees with the Chief of the Defence Staff and with his own Prime Minister, or is he finally willing to admit that this is indeed a combat mission?