Fine.
Minister, I find your behaviour contradictory. You do not apply the same philosophy to economic spinoffs associated with military procurement in the aerospace industry. Some $14 billion in contracts have been announced for the aerospace industry. I am referring to the C-17s, Chinooks and Lockheed Martin, not to mentioned the research and development aircraft that may be coming on stream.
Why have you taken such a firm stance with respect to the $900 million, when you are letting Boeing and Lockheed Martin decide how to invest the money they're receiving? I would remind you that we are talking about military procurement contracts in the amount of $14 billion, that are also being paid for with taxpayers' money. And yet, you have not applied the same philosophy. You will be distributing that $900 million all across Canada, whereas for these military procurement contracts, you are leaving it up to people in the industry to decide what they want to do with the money.
It seems to me that the $900 million you referred to is almost a consolation prize, compared to the economic spinoffs that are being lost in Canada, particularly in Quebec. Quebec should have received $8.4 billion, because 60 per cent of the industries are located there.
So, there is a double standard here. As a Quebecker, I have a lot of trouble with that, because Quebeckers are the ones who are losing out. At the same time, you are a Quebecker. You should understand what this means. You should be standing firm to defend Quebec, but you are not.