Mr. Chairman, the public is very concerned about the purchase of these Challenger jets. We have a situation where we have 40 year old Sea King helicopters and we have been waiting for a long time for those replacements, yet somehow the department can come up with $100 million within a period of 10 days to purchase the Challenger jets.
I would like to know from the minister specifically how the decision was made to purchase Challenger jets for the convenience of the minister at the expense of Canadian troops who have been waiting for decades for some kind of a replacement for the Sea King helicopters. How can the government justify that change in priorities?