Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence.
As the minister knows firsthand from his meeting with the folks in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, alternate service delivery means slashed salaries, devastated communities, massive job losses and the Canadian military being deprived of the tools and talents it needs to do the job. Now other communities appear to be subject to this ASD flu as well.
Why will the minister of defence not order a halt to this race to the bottom before it destroys thousands more lives and several more communities?