Mr. Speaker, no questions but a few comments.
When the minister says there are contradictions in what we say, I am sorry, but I think that the problem here is with understanding and interpreting what was said. When I said earlier that there were extra costs for Canadian and Quebec taxpayers, this was when there were no infrastructures, as in the case of the Halifax shipyard for the frigates contract. When the infrastructures are there, I made it clear that it is possible, and I said that as well, to save money by going on the market.
When the minister accuses us of bad faith or putting a spin on certain things, I think he is very good at that himself, because when I made the comparison with Chatham, where the military base was closed-in fact I read what the Premier of New Brunswick had to say about that-the minister compensated by ordering repair work to be done in Chatham. Because the base was closed, the order was given, in this case. In other cases, it was not.
I also mentioned several times that the Liberal Party's red book referred to defence conversion, but neither the minister nor anyone else ever brought this up. When we talk about procurement and we say that Quebec is not getting its fair share, I do not see why, if the infrastructures are there, we should not get the same treatment as everybody else.
Finally, yes, I did visit the Royal Military College in Kingston but the experience did not exasperate me, not at all. This is another wrongful interpretation by the minister. I thought it was a very beautiful location, except there may have been a conscious effort to sugar coat this bitter pill, but it is a nice place, and I did not come back exasperated, not at all.