Julie Vignola at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 20th, 2023. See this statement in context.

March 20th, 2023 / 5:10 p.m.

Bloc

Julie Vignola Bloc Beauport—Limoilou, QC

I also recall committee discussions about National Defence inventories, which were rather low, and about how difficult it was to properly equip our Canadian Armed Forces.

And yet we are sending $500 million to Ukraine, in addition to equipment. I'm not against that, but my question is what impact this assistance might have on Canada's inventories?

Are we robbing Peter to pay Paul? Will this increase defence-related costs in future estimates?

See context to find out what was said next.