Mr. Chairman, is the minister telling the House that his highly qualified officials in the Department of National Defence and members of the military staff are not contemplating possible cost implications for Canada of this major restructuring in the northern command of the United States? Are they contemplating any changes with respect to equipment requirements in Canada? Is the minister telling the House that these things are not being game planned in the Department of National Defence, that people are just waiting for the Americans to invite us or not?
In the House of Commons on May 7th, 2002. See this statement in context.