Mr. Speaker, I am on the defence committee. I am the senior member of that committee. I have been on it since 1990 and if there is anything I can do to make sure we have a fleet of search and rescue helicopters and a fleet of shipborne helicopters, it is something I have been fighting for since I went on the committee and will continue to do so as long as I am part of this government.
In the House of Commons on February 18th, 1999. See this statement in context.