Mr. Chairman, I will ask a question about privatization and the whole alternate service delivery model.
We are facing unprecedented pressures on our forces. They are understaffed and underfunded for the number of missions the minister is asking them to do. At the same time his priority is to put the provisioning, supply, transportation and warehousing system for all military material into the hands of a British multinational corporation.
One could say the minister is creating a potential military Walkerton. If the minister says we are at war, why is his priority the elimination of properly trained civilian workers so they can be replaced by a low cost bidder from another country?