Mr. Speaker, I am happy to note that the Leader of the Opposition was in favour of the $6 billion project proposed by the previous government. At the same time he was asking us to cut expenditures. That is exactly what we have done. That is why today we have the interest rates we do and that is why the economy has turned around. At that time we could not spend $6 billion on helicopters and at this time we cannot spend $6 billion on helicopters.
In the House of Commons on December 10th, 1997. See this statement in context.