Jacob Mantle at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

February 12th, 2026 / 5:20 p.m.

Conservative

Jacob Mantle Conservative York—Durham, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm happy to be here.

Thank you, Mr. Sauvé, for attending and providing your valuable testimony, including on proper resourcing for the RCMP.

I want to ask you about resourcing at the border. That was a topic of much discussion several months ago. It's perhaps died down a little bit.

At the time, the government spent, I think, about $5 million to lease two American Black Hawk helicopters. Do you think that was a wise use of funds for securing the border?

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