Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member for Ottawa Centre is right. The issue of this week is not specifically about the F-35. The issue of this week is government taking unilateral action to extend the military mission by three years at a cost that the Conservatives acknowledge to be $1.6 billion.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer said in 2008 that a three year mission with 1,000 troops would cost in the range of $3 billion. Why is that not the subject of a motion by the Liberals on their opposition day instead of this? It is a significant expenditure of public dollars that heretofore has required a vote in the House, but we will not get one. We are getting a vote instead on this contract.