Mr. Chairman, I thank the member for the question. I think that it again illustrates how the opposition will say that I spend a lot of time defending all these things, but they always look on the bleak side of things. If the cup is half full, they will say it is half empty. They are not recognizing what the government has done.
There is more to do but the government has done a lot in terms of equipment. In fact, to support what the hon. member just said, let me quote Lieutenant-General Jeffery, commander of the army. He is not here but he has been mentioned often enough. He said in terms of equipment “...I cannot remember a time when we were better off”. He said that on February 22 of this year.
There is a lot of new equipment. Yes, there is stuff that still needs replacing and still needs upgrading. There is no doubt about that, but the government has moved to increase the capital spending budget to be able to provide for the kind of equipment we need and we are going to continue that.