Again, Mr. Speaker, those figures are absolutely wrong.
When we talk about this kind of service to Canadians let us bear in mind we are talking about saving lives. We wanted to make sure that we had a helicopter that was going to meet operational needs and do it at a price that Canadians could afford.
We could not afford the $5.8 billion boondoggle the Conservative government wanted to put us through. We had a heavy deficit at that time. We could not afford it.
Today we are getting a helicopter that meets our needs and it is a lot cheaper.