Thank you very much, Ms. Lapointe.
That's a great question. I would say there are three parts to the answer.
The first is that we're investing much more than the Conservatives did back then.
The second is that we're investing strategically, increasingly through strategic partnerships with Canadian industry: for example—and this will be important for your riding—everything we're doing in terms of aircraft maintenance. Sometimes, as was the case with the F‑35 fighter jets, we can't build those aircraft entirely in Canada, but we can offer Canadian partners the ability to maintain them. Maintenance contracts are often worth much more than procurement contracts.
Third, that also applies when it comes to the armed forces. We've procured many new aircraft in recent years, including 200 in the past two years. We're in the process of renewing the entire Canadian Coast Guard fleet. These large contracts are helping Ontario's shipyards, among others.
This has had a huge impact on middle-class jobs in Canada. As I said, 81,000 jobs have been created in Canada, many of them in your riding. These are concrete measures for workers and businesses. These actions are delivering real results for our Canadian Armed Forces members, who sorely need these investments to get the job done in Canada and around the world.