Mr. Speaker, when allegations surfaced about Gen. Vance, the minister of defence said, multiple times, that he was shocked to learn about them.
We know this is not true, because he had known for three years and he did nothing. It is obvious the minister never intended to act on this misconduct, and instead Liberals actually threatened members of the armed forces in order to keep them quiet.
The question is, why? Why was the minister of defence more interested in protecting his battle buddy than the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces?