Thank you, Minister, General and officials, for coming.
A letter signed by 60 of Canada's top former military leaders stated:
...the recent federal budget was largely a summary of previous announcements without any acknowledgement that the Government must accelerate program spending, and make significant additional funding available to address the long-standing deficiencies....
Given the multi-partisanship and the genuine concern expressed in this letter, Minister, how are you going to ensure that the budget allocates the necessary funding to deal with the existing deficiencies?