Mr. Speaker, emails released to the Ottawa Citizen today show that on the day of the shooting on Parliament Hill in October, Canadian military leaders were saying that the event presented a “strategic opportunity” to affirm Canada's participation in the war in Iraq.
Subsequently, senior officials expressed the desire to appear alongside Ottawa Police at a press conference the next day.
These are emotional times for all, but would the government agree that describing the events on Parliament Hill as a strategic opportunity is regrettable?