We can get into the operational side and how they're not even spending the money that has been authorized by Parliament, but....
Minister Blair actually gave quite a candid answer to my question. He acknowledged that cutting the Department of National Defence is not going to help achieve any of the responsibilities or goals of the department.
Given all of the competing needs of the CAF, the chief of the defence staff has said we are in the most urgent threat environment since 1939. We have a trend toward increasing domestic deployments. We have a crisis around recruitment and retention.
How will cutting this department's budget by $1 billion not impact your ability to keep Canadians safe?