Madam Speaker, I would suspect that the member, along with many of the old line parties, sees the military as a make work project. We do not.
Second, I was not referring to surplus purchases. What I was referring to was that there was current active military equipment based in Quebec that under the Bloc Quebecois, under the separatists, would have ended up, as far as they were concerned, under
their control in the event the vote had gone the other way. I do not think Canadians see that as being rational or reasonable.