Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Prime Minister knows full well that statement is 100% pure balderdash.
The vague answers to critically important preparedness and funding questions raise more and more doubts about the government's commitment to our troops.
Last April the auditor general pointed out that the government has failed to give our ground forces adequate funding to modernize equipment. He said that our infantry and armour could be detected, engaged and defeated long before our troops even knew that the enemy was present.
How can the Deputy Prime Minister stand in his place today and pretend that our troops are being properly equipped when the government has not announced a single funding measure—