Mr. Speaker, on June 6, the Deputy Prime Minister challenged the figures quoted in Le Devoir to the effect that officer cadet training at Kingston's military college was more costly than the training provided at the Collège militaire de Saint-Jean.
The Deputy Prime Minister did so in spite of the fact that the Ministerial Committee on Canadian Military Colleges tabled a report in May 1993 containing figures which support the claim that the cost of officer cadet training is higher in Kingston than it is in Saint-Jean. Training costs were assessed at $71,291 at the Kingston facility, compared to $58,356 at the college in Saint-Jean. Training costs are, therefore, 22 per cent higher in Kingston.
This government refuses to reconsider its decision to close the Collège militaire de Saint-Jean. We can only conclude that its decision must be politically motivated.