Mr. Speaker, that is nonsense. The facts are that the government spends less on the military than it did when it took over government nine years ago.
The whole submarine fiasco points to a larger flaw in Canada's approach to replacing military ships. We know that if the government had not purchased these used submarines we would not have had any subs. That is because it has done nothing to plan for an ongoing shipbuilding industry.
When will the government finally draft a policy to replace our naval ships which will certainly lead to a Canadian shipbuilding industry?