Courtesy of Aaron Wherry, this is Defence Minister Peter MacKay in the House of Commons when pressed about the memos concerning the mistreatment of detainees in Afghanistan that he claims he didn't see. Here he is addressing BQ MP Claude Bachand:
...I will note that when it comes to Bloc members, I wish they would spend just as much time standing up and protecting the interests of Canadian soldiers as they do for the vigour they seem to have for Taliban prisoners.
And this is later on in a comment to NDP MP Jack Harris:
I only wish he would bring that type of enthusiasm to support the men and women of the Canadian Forces.
It's nice to see someone raise the tone of the discourse in Question Period, isn't it?
Why does Peter MacKay hate our troops? He's the one who's trying to shift the focus on to them, nobody else.
"Three blind mice" (Harris) -- that's funny.
From the same link, here's McKay's lovely buck-passing:
"As for this report, we receive hundreds, if not thousands, of reports annually through the Department of National Defence, as well as the Department of Foreign Affairs. That is why they did not make it to my desk."
Way to blame the underlings, Petey. Or to flat out lie to Parliament (this is the one my gut favours, but what do I know?)...
If McKay can't do the job he had better vacate the seat and let someone there who can??? Funny that we all knew about this but our elitist masters are in the dark???