Mr. Speaker, the contradiction is far too blatant here.
On September 30, the Prime Minister said, “ It is to advise and to assist. It is not to accompany.”
Yesterday, the Minister of National Defence said, “I am not sure we could train troops without accompanying them.”
What a blatant contradiction.
When the Prime Minister misled the House and Canadians with his incorrect statement, why did the Minister of National Defence not rise, at the time, to tell Canadians and the House that the Prime Minister was mistaken and that the troops would be “accompanying”?