The constituents of Saint Jean will appreciate your answer.
I will now come back to a more sensitive issue that my colleague Mr. Garrison raised.
President Obama came here to Ottawa and made a speech full of praise for the government's actions. However, he kept going back to one aspect in his speech. He asked Canada for a contribution of 2% in military spending in relation to our GDP, which is the standard asked of NATO member countries. We noticed that Australia has reached that level. Next week, some of our committee members will be at the NATO meeting in Turkey. A number of countries are contributing as much as 2%.
I will try to ask you the question so that you can answer it. Those were Mr. Obama's remarks. Now, Mr. Trump has been elected as president and he was quite clear. He will be asking all the countries to contribute their fair share. Canada is the United States' closest partner, which is commendable. To a certain extent, wouldn't it be a question of fairness and equity for Canada to reach the 2% of the GDP?