Mr. Speaker, I am not as involved in this issue as some of my colleagues, but I really cannot let the nonsense that I just heard go by.
The member says the government does not want to rush out and do this. The contract was cancelled in 1994. The last I looked, that was seven years ago. The contract that was cancelled was put in place because the military needed the equipment, so clearly the military needed the equipment well before 1994, knowing the less than lightning speed with which any government moves.
Equipment that was needed before 1994 was ordered. The government decided to toast the contract for political reasons in 1994. Here we are in 2001, finally with some kind of decision to buy. Now we find out that we will not have delivery of this badly needed equipment until later down the road and the member has the gall to say the government does not want to rush anything. How on earth can she stand and spout such nonsense and expect Canadians to buy that kind of line?