QUESTION PERIOD — Prime Minister’s Office
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman
June 10, 2019
Since last week ended on a question, let’s get this one started with another. A number of political commentators across the country have been mocking your Prime Minister’s tears at the memorial for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Normandy landing. Although such a ceremony does call for some emotion, many thought that this event was not the right place for the kind of theatrics we’ve gotten used to since his election.
Leader, could you explain to us how the Prime Minister can get so emotional over Canadian soldiers who died in battle when he has yet to publicly apologize to one of our great career soldiers, the very much alive Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, whose career was blighted by groundless, politically motivated accusations?
I thank the honourable senator for his entertaining question. Let me simply say that I was proud of the Prime Minister’s participation in the events of last week. I know that Senator Black was there as a parliamentarian. He can speak for himself. Canada was well represented by participants, including provincial participants, and the Governor General, obviously. I would suggest that the occasion of celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of Normandy is not one to bring partisanship to in Question Period tonight.
