Mr. Speaker, our fine dedicated men and women in the military have had $7.8 billion cut out of the defence department since the government took power in 1993.
Now that a war is on the defence minister is surprised. He tosses back a few dollars, but he is surprised to find out we are extremely limited in the support we could give to our allies. Our troops need money and more equipment and they need it now. We have invested $1 billion in this budget.
Will he commit today to an immediate 10% increase in the defence budget?