Madam Speaker, certainly you will not find me or any of my colleagues disputing the past history of the Canadian Armed Forces. We distinguished ourselves many times on the battle field and would continue to do that again.
The members of the armed forces are there because they are willing to do those things. They cannot do those things if the government does not provide them the tools.
It is truly disgraceful what the Liberal government has done to our Canadian Armed Forces since the end of the second world war. Do not imply that we think any less of our armed forces or are any less proud of our armed forces than you are.
It is time you put your money where your mouth is, put the money up and provide the equipment-