Mr. Speaker, I agree with my hon. colleague. It is very important that the government reassess its objectives for our Canadian military. I am sure we have to look at our role internationally. However, I have various concerns about our role in NATO and how we quite often blindly follow what the U.S. proposes for NATO.
At the same time, I feel it is very important that our military have proper resources and that there be sufficient funding to support the quality of life issues in terms of housing and pay issues, which our committee looked at and strongly supported. We know we have asked them to go further and further abroad into missions but when they come back home there is not the kind of support they need, particularly when they are suffering from medical ailments.
Does my hon. colleague not feel it is very important that there be sufficient funding for the military to support those quality of life issues and support the acquisition of badly needed search and rescue equipment so that our military will be able to properly perform most functions, both domestically and abroad?