Madam Speaker, the member for Hamilton Mountain is absolutely right. She has identified some very worthy expenditures that, in our view, could be funded from some of the savings of holding an open Canadian competitive process. We believe that at least $3 billion of savings could be found by having a open competitive process, not to mention the jobs that would be created in the aerospace industry, which my colleague from Westmount—Ville-Marie, I am sure, will be addressing.
The member for Hamilton Mountain outlined some priorities that are worthy of funding. The Liberal family care plan, for example, is one that for us that is very important to help families look after children that may be ill or aging parents. I can think of small craft harbours in my riding of Beauséjour that require funding. I can think of some of the cuts that the government has made to ACOA, for example, job creation measures in small rural communities that I represent. The arena in Richibucto burned down a year and a half ago and the government has not come forward with funding to replace what is a big regional hockey rink for families in the northern part of my riding in a remote small town.
If I am being asked whether we should waste money on a reckless process because there is an ideological bent in the Conservative government or should we look at other priorities of Canadians, the member for Hamilton Mountain is absolutely right.