Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On March 25th, 2021. See this statement in context.

March 25th, 2021 / 12:40 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

I appreciate that answer.

Just as a follow-up, when we look at increasing spending on defence—and $19 billion, to my knowledge, is the second largest procurement of the Canadian government in its history as it relates to defence—in your view is that the best place for a defence procurement of that size if we want to support Canadian strategic defence objectives? Is $19 billion toward fighter jets really the priority that the government has made it out to be?

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