Mr. Speaker, I obviously did not express myself clearly in English because the hon. member misunderstood me or he does not understand the F-18 situation.
First of all, there were no promises to build the F-18 in Quebec; it was to be built in the United States but a few parts would be built here in Canada. The contract I mentioned was only for the maintenance of this plane and it was awarded to Winnipeg-based Bristol Aerospace, which had it in the bag but, as the hon. member said, the government decided that it should still give Quebec something even if it lost votes in the West or upset Westerners. It did not matter; they had to give it to Quebec.
The contract was awarded for political reasons, and that must stop in Canada.