Mr. Speaker, yesterday the House heard that the Canadian forces are expecting a $1 billion shortfall next year. This is after a Liberal policy of thousands of cuts on the duty roster, the troops, pay freezes for years, dilapidated housing and old equipment. Now we hear there is going to be another 76 military personnel cut from CFB Comox. We need more troops, not fewer.
The government has a choice. When is the minister going to choose between mothballing more equipment and cutting troops and giving Canada—