Like it or not, the truth will come out

Published November 25, 2009

I genuinely like and respect Peter MacKay, who, in my opinion, has given an excellent account of himself as minister of national defence. Normally very urbane and well-expressed, Mr. MacKay was unaccustomedly virulent last Thursday in his riposte to Richard Colvin's sworn testimony before the House of Commons Special Committee on Afghanistan.

As if consumed by anger, the minister was, at times, unintelligible. This was in stark contrast...