The member is hollering now, Mr. Chair. He is hollering, how much money.
The fact of the matter is, and I know that the Minister of National Defence will confirm this, the Americans have not asked us to contribute financially to this.
He says that we are going to go cap in hand and we are going to be empty handed when we go. That is nonsense. Look what we have contributed in the past technologically as a nation. We have pulled our weight, way beyond our weight technologically.
What is it that we see every time they put something together in space? The Canadarm. Is there any recognition of that from that party? One would think that they were still involved back in the cold war with their statements about this. It is absolute nonsense.
We do not have to be contributing money. I have had the opportunity to be at Cheyenne Mountain. I have seen our Canadian Forces participate there in an equal partnership with the Americans in Norad. That is the way they are asking us to participate. They are asking us to support this initiative that will protect Canadians as well as Americans. I think that makes eminent sense.
That is why seven out of ten Canadians polled say that they support this initiative. Why is that? They see through the nonsense that that party is spreading about this. Canadians recognize that our sovereignty is more in jeopardy if we do not participate than if we do.