Mr. Speaker, that is a totally outrageous and divisive analogy to take in this House to try and divide one part of Canada from another. It is typical of that party, divide the country and make us all fight one another.
What we are doing in the Department of National Defence with the cooperation of Industry Canada and with my colleague in the Department of Public Works is to work on these contracts to make sure they are the best contracts for our defence forces, the best contracts in the interests of our forces and in the interests of our country. We will do that.
Treasury Board is examining this contract. The award will be made this spring, but it will be made in the national interests, not narrow parochial interests that the member is--