Mr. Speaker, our government has done one thing that previous governments never did and that the Bloc Québécois could never do: we asked that $1 be committed for each dollar invested. That means that each dollar invested in a defence contract is a dollar invested in the Canadian economy and in high tech sectors.
My question is simple and is directed at the hon. member who sits with me on the national defence committee.
People are standing up and saying that we finally have a government that does not create rivalries between regions, does not make taxpayers the victims of domestic policy and does not make us pay more for the products we buy.
How can the hon. member explain the fact that we are paying more for a product that we are buying with taxpayers' money, although our first responsibility is to make sure that taxpayers' money is well managed?