Mr. Speaker, the member for Okanagan—Coquihalla gave a very thoughtful speech. My question has to do with some of the responses the member received from the defence minister when it comes to questions of how stretched Canada's military is.
Both in response to questions about our ability to do peacekeeping and about our ability to keep the Sea King helicopters in the air, the minister has always assured the public that everything is okay and that they are not stretched beyond their capacity.
I wonder if my friend would care to react to that. It sounds to me like there is a contradiction. My friend is saying there is a huge problem and the Minister of National Defence is saying there is no problem.