Mr. Speaker, the government has been in office nine years yet it had to delay the recall of Parliament until October to come up with an agenda.
Now we have been here for over five weeks and the House has virtually no new legislation.
Let us take national defence. The U.S. mid-terms are over and the possibility of military intervention in Iraq grows, yet the government's ultimate position is unknown. Two reports have told us that the military is declining rapidly. For nine years the government has delayed decisions on equipment purchases, including helicopters.
When will the Prime Minister and the government put forward a concrete plan on national defence to revitalize our military?