I am pleased to be able to say that I stand up every day to defend Canadians and Quebeckers, and that I advocate the purchase of military equipment, by Quebeckers and Canadians, that jibes with our needs. We are not about to send our Armed Forces personnel overseas to fight for democracy and human rights without giving them the equipment they need.
Military procurement results in industrial spinoffs. Without that procurement, there are no economic spinoffs. I just want to point out to my colleague that the Bloc Québécois' program does not advocate either military procurement or a strong Canadian army presence. So, if we relied on your program, no investments whatsoever would be made and there would be no economic spinoffs.