Mr. Speaker, Canada's defence spending amounts to 1.1% of the GDP, the second lowest in all of NATO. Maybe that is why we buy those used submarines that will not float.
Last fall the finance minister said:
You can't just sit at the G-8 table and then, when the bill comes, go to the washroom.
It is time for the minister to put the money where his mouth is.
Will the minister commit to increasing our defence spending to 1.6% of GDP as recommended by the defence committee report that was tabled in the House last week?