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Looks like the defense minister is in hot water.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/02/04/eggleton020204
Not sure how I feel on this. He did withhold info and gave a different story but considering that the news doesnt seem so serious why are they trying to grill him. How well informed were the politicians about our earlier operations. Would they be so mad then ? This whole PW confusion seems like another attempt for CDN politicians to please everybody. After all our forces are under US command. who the **** else is going to take the PWs. All our forces in afghanistan need is something else to worry about. I could just imagine being on patrol overthere and coming upon some enemy. Do I A) take him prisoner, hand him over to the US and possibly go to jail for disobeying the Geneva convention or B) let this guy go loose and get shot in the back.
"Better tried by twelve than buried by six" :evil:
Opposition questions Eggleton's story on captured prisoners
Last Updated Mon, 04 Feb 2002 21:50:06
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is set to grill Defence Minister Art Eggleton for changing his story about Canadian troops who took prisoners in Afghanistan.
The MPs are debating whether Eggleton is in contempt of Parliament for presenting two versions of the events to the house.
FROM FEB. 1, 2002: Commons committee will decide if Eggleton should face discipline
Eggleton first said he learned of the prisoner handover on Friday, Jan. 25. Then he said he'd actually been briefed about the event five days earlier, on Jan. 21.
"If the minister didn't know, he was incompetent," said Conservative MP Gerald Keddy. "If the minister did know and deliberately withheld that information from Parliament, then he's completely untrustworthy."
All the opposition parties agree it's important to get to the bottom of the mixup. Deputy Prime Minister John Manley said Eggleton already said he didn't intend to mislead the house.
The committee must first decide what witnesses to call. It's expected to hear from Eggleton sometime this week.
The committee can decide to believe Eggleton didn't intend to mislead the house. If not, it can recommend a reprimand or even dismissal.
Ultimately, it's Parliament that decides the minister's fate, not the committee. The Liberals have the majority in Parliament.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/02/04/eggleton020204
Not sure how I feel on this. He did withhold info and gave a different story but considering that the news doesnt seem so serious why are they trying to grill him. How well informed were the politicians about our earlier operations. Would they be so mad then ? This whole PW confusion seems like another attempt for CDN politicians to please everybody. After all our forces are under US command. who the **** else is going to take the PWs. All our forces in afghanistan need is something else to worry about. I could just imagine being on patrol overthere and coming upon some enemy. Do I A) take him prisoner, hand him over to the US and possibly go to jail for disobeying the Geneva convention or B) let this guy go loose and get shot in the back.
"Better tried by twelve than buried by six" :evil:
Opposition questions Eggleton's story on captured prisoners
Last Updated Mon, 04 Feb 2002 21:50:06
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is set to grill Defence Minister Art Eggleton for changing his story about Canadian troops who took prisoners in Afghanistan.
The MPs are debating whether Eggleton is in contempt of Parliament for presenting two versions of the events to the house.
FROM FEB. 1, 2002: Commons committee will decide if Eggleton should face discipline
Eggleton first said he learned of the prisoner handover on Friday, Jan. 25. Then he said he'd actually been briefed about the event five days earlier, on Jan. 21.
"If the minister didn't know, he was incompetent," said Conservative MP Gerald Keddy. "If the minister did know and deliberately withheld that information from Parliament, then he's completely untrustworthy."
All the opposition parties agree it's important to get to the bottom of the mixup. Deputy Prime Minister John Manley said Eggleton already said he didn't intend to mislead the house.
The committee must first decide what witnesses to call. It's expected to hear from Eggleton sometime this week.
The committee can decide to believe Eggleton didn't intend to mislead the house. If not, it can recommend a reprimand or even dismissal.
Ultimately, it's Parliament that decides the minister's fate, not the committee. The Liberals have the majority in Parliament.
