Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Just quickly, so Mr. Saideman, you talked about taking what we have, like tanks and armoured vehicles, and just giving them to Ukraine. Back in March of 2022, after the hot war broke out and the full-scale invasion, Conservatives called on the government to donate our surplus LAVs. Then we put in an Order Paper question. The government said it had 62 that were repairable and could be overhauled in 220 days and sent. It never happened. Now they announced, I think, 60-some LAVs are being sent for spare parts.
Wouldn't it have been better to send them two years ago, when they were still operational, than to leave them until they were completely unusable as fighting machines other than for spare parts for equipment they already have there? It would have saved lives—wouldn't it?