Mr. Speaker, all of our allies are facing that same malaria.
In August of this year, Lord Dannatt, head of the British army apologized to troops who had taken mefloquine while he was chief of the general staff. Although he did not take the drug himself, he saw first-hand its catastrophic side effects.
On September 15, the Australian department of veterans affairs established a dedicated mefloquine support team for its service members and veterans.
Why is the Liberal government willing to risk the health and lives of our soldiers by refusing to recognize the dangers of mefloquine, like our allies have, before it deploys them to Africa?