That is not the case at all, Mr. Chairman. There are other items in the budget that are not directly relevant to the Canadian forces. There is the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness and the Communications Security Establishment. There are the disaster financial assistance arrangement provisions. They go in year in and year out. When we do the comparison from one year to another, when I say for example a 20% increase, it is the whole thing moving forward and much of it into the Canadian forces directly.
In the House of Commons on May 7th, 2002. See this statement in context.