Mr. Speaker, the government is sending 800 Canadian troops over to Macedonia. The trouble is it will take two months to get there and guess what? They are going to have to hitch a ride across the ocean to get over to the Balkans.
The chief of defence staff admitted in his last annual report that Canada has limited lift capacity for heavy equipment. The defence minister can see for himself the problem. I ask the defence minister, when is he going to buy or build the necessary ships that our troops desperately need?