We as a committee here want to know what's funded because the budget was almost mute on national defence. There is no section on it at all. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer—and he looked at this and noted it for parliamentarians—nowhere in the 2018 budget did the government provide a detailed and current reconciliation between the “Strong, Secure, Engaged” framework and the budget forecast.
He says that National Defence isn't giving the reconciliation, and parliamentarians have no idea how taxpayer dollars are being used.
Where's the transparency here, Minister? We want to know what the plan is. You have a 20-year plan. We haven't seen it. Will you table that plan?