Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that my hon. colleague spoke about the forces and the terrible problems they are having. Back in New Brunswick we are all very much aware of that.
When we see our military men going to soup kitchens, which is what has been happening, we feel very much ashamed. I feel very much ashamed to be in the House of Commons and allowing that to happen.
In my riding of Saint John, New Brunswick, the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, we have the largest percentage of people living in poverty of any other part of the province. This has never happened before.
When we get up in the House and ask the hon. Minister of Industry to please bring in a national shipbuilding policy, he just stands up and says he is not looking at subsidies. I am not looking at subsidies. I am looking at addressing poverty, giving people back all their dignity and that can only happen if we have a lot of co-operation from across the floor.
I ask my hon. colleague what does he see. What should we be doing to correct the problem we are having with our armed forces?