I understand that you are facing pressures and that you have to prioritize. However, I would like Bagotville to be a priority.
General, I understand that there are other priority bases that, due to the activities in which they are involved, have seen a rise in personnel. I believe that Bagotville has not seen a rise in personnel because it is not a priority for the Department of Defence, and that is a shame.
According to some statements that have been made, there should be 250 members of the Canadian Forces in Bagotville in 2010; however, I think that we will have barely 60 by December 31. We are only a few weeks away from the deadline for this commitment that was made to the public, yet no work has started regarding the infrastructure needed in Bagotville.
It takes not months but years to build aircraft hangars and other infrastructure.
Have building plans been drafted to provide infrastructure for this section of the battalion? Do you have deadlines for building aircraft hangars? Do you have a deadline?