Mr. Speaker, even though I have great respect for the member who just spoke, I have to admit that only a Liberal could like this budget.
I ask her to turn to page 92 of the budget, table 5.1 expenditures. When she said that $1.6 billion would go to the military, she made it sound as if the money would go right now. The reality is that $400 million of that will go to emergency preparedness which has nothing to do with the military. It will go to other agencies. The fact is that $510 million of the money has already been spent on Operation Apollo and on military purchases, that is, the refueling and the sealift capability. That leaves close to $700 million over five years.
Only the arrogance of the Liberal government could give us a five year budget that is planned long after it assumes it might win the next election. The reality is that we can only take the budget for the term of this mandate. The Liberals gave us a budget that exceeds the mandate of their government.
It is only because of the Liberal government's arrogance that it can get away with this. It is surprising because the Liberals have a lot of very decent people on that side of the House. However to present a budget for Canada that extends the length of their mandate is unbelievable.
The one thing the member completely forgets when it comes to the military is that there was not one red cent and not one word about the Sea King replacements. Where is the money? Where is the deadline? Where is the timeline for the replacement of those helicopters?