Mr. Speaker, that technology is just great. It is on the cutting edge but everything else in the military is on the cutting floor.
On Tuesday the government promised $800 million annually for defence, a sum that does not even come close to addressing the shortfall in the Canadian Forces.
It is great for the minister to talk about that but it does not leave any money for rebuilding our troops, providing them with decent housing or replacing aging equipment which is getting so old so fast. In the face of security threats at home and abroad we simply cannot afford to shortchange our military this way.
The minister either does not recognize the problem he has or he has no brawn at the cabinet table. Which is it?