Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister.
I want to clarify a couple of things here before we start. Conservative support for Ukraine is not contingent on support for this Liberal government. The people of Ukraine know where we stand. I spoke to them on Sunday at the Ukraine Consulate, and it's very clear.
Second is, if you read The Globe and Mail this week, you would see that, in their view and in many people's view, the seizure of Parliament is squarely at the feet of the Liberal government, so let's be clear on that. It is not the Conservative Party holding up Parliament.
Third, I'd like to point out for the minister that GDP is a standard calculation across the world, including NATO, that represents the entire value of goods and services produced in a country minus imports. That's also the definition that NATO uses, so we would love to see an update on our military spend versus the standard definition of GDP that coincides with that from the finance department.
Sir, are the cuts to the military being driven by the PMO?