I support the motion, and I think it's important that this committee report it back to the House and report these findings.
We are in a crisis. We are in a time of global uncertainty. We know this well. We know this from the testimony we have heard at this committee on threat analysis and on the health study, which we are still wrapping up. In the testimony, we heard all of the factors that are driving our men and women out of the forces, things like members being unable to get a family doctor, things like being unable to have access to housing. All of these things deeply affect morale.
We have had damning testimony from the defence ombudsman, who spoke about this at the committee. This needs to be reported to the House. We need to show and demonstrate to Canadians that this committee understands the crisis we're in with our forces and that the need is urgent.
We have not seen any sense of urgency from the government. We have seen a cut to the budget at a time when our international allies are shaming Canada for its inability to step up and fully fulfill its obligations under the alliances to which we belong—NATO. We committed to getting our defence spending to 2% of GDP, and yet the government is cutting the department's budget.
This is urgent. It needs to be done and it needs to be reported to the House.