I would have to agree with the member, Mr. Speaker. I have seldom seen it. She too has a long experience in the House of Commons. I have seldom seen a file that has been handled as badly as this one. The minister first said there would be a response, but we did not get one. He defended what happened and then stopped defending it.
As we heard just a few hours ago in the House, the minister said something quite the opposite to what was eventually announced. The substance of the issue of whether or not Mr. Garnier is still getting those veterans supports has still not been addressed.
We, and even government members, do not know how many veterans and their relatives will be impacted by a policy shift that goes in a different direction from what today's motion is calling for, and what members have been speaking to today. Potentially hundreds of veterans and their relatives will be impacted.
This has been badly handled, botched in a way that is so inappropriate when we think of the importance that all Canadians attach to our nation's veterans. They deserve better.