Mr. Speaker, we did not proceed with the buying of helicopters in 1993 for one very obvious reason. The program required the government to spend $6 billion and at that time the government could not afford to make such a large expenditure.
In the meantime, we still have search and rescue helicopters. Sometimes they are close to a site, sometimes they are not. Most of these helicopters are used near coastal areas. I do not know the exact situation in Manitoba for search and rescue, but I do not think he is referring to the same situation that we are debating with the—