General, come on. The Coast Guard's been out there for the last 100 years and has never counted towards being part of our national defence matrix. It definitely isn't a paramilitary organization. It doesn't have the interdiction capabilities. They can't even fine anyone for a fishing violation. They have to bring on fisheries officers to do that. We can't just have creative accounting to get to 2%; we actually need capability to protect Canada and our sovereignty.
