Mr. Speaker, I remember over the last five years, while the Minister of Finance was bringing the fiscal House in order and we were getting the deficit under control, hearing from them constantly. They said “You can't go fast enough. Take it out of defence. Take it out of social services. Take it out of the pensioners”. That is what they were saying over there.
We have been able to manage the situation fairly well, to the point where we will send troops over there that are well equipped and will do a good job for Canada.