Mr. Speaker, the member is always a pleasure to listen to in the House and he is very thoughtful. I particularly admire him because he is from my grandfather's homeland.
I appreciate the fact that the hon. member raised the issue support for the SAR, our very important search and rescue and surveillance operations, also operating under the military. I had the great privilege this past summer of spending half of a week with 14 Wing at Greenwood with representatives of the other parties. It was a delightful experience. It became very clear to me that there were very serious needs already so we could deliver the services. The base in Nova Scotia services the hon. member's province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Surely it is important, when we look at this kind of major purchase in the many billions, that we have an overall strategy on how we will serve the needs of all aspects of the military, including the important search and rescue and surveillance. Could he comment on that?