Mr. Speaker, I am glad the parliamentary secretary was speaking about the mission in Iraq, Operation Impact, because I actually did ask two questions that day. My first question was on the peacekeeping mission in Africa, and the second question was on Operation Impact. Why are both those issues linked? Not just because it is about the Canadian Armed Forces, but because there has been no transparency. That is just a case in point.
The parliamentary secretary talks about a handful of public technical briefings that they did on Operation Impact. It does not compare to the 15-plus that we did in a matter of a few months on Operation Impact. Every time our troops were in a firefight and every time our troops were involved in any air combat mission, we told Canadians. Instead what we get back from the current government is, “No, you are not going to get any further details on what our troops are up to”.
We know that they are firing sniper rifles. We know that they are using missiles to defend themselves. We also know that this has become more than just defensive moves; this is also being done in a very combative nature as they are taking over Mosul.
We expect transparency from the government—