Madam Chair, we heard from the other side, “Do not remember what happened in the past. You are the government now, do something about it”. Liberals are running from their record, but they cannot help themselves when they stand in the House and talk about how great the Liberal Party is and how Canada exists because of the Liberal Party. What they do not say is that the military remembers the decade of darkness that they brought on.
The equipment that the men and women have in Canada today has helped save lives in Afghanistan. This government invested in the military, while Liberals took away from it. They took away veterans' benefits and veterans independence programs. They did not address agent orange. Now they stand and say, “You have to do something about this because you are the government”.
It is about time some people were able to stand in this place and say, “We screwed up. We did not do it. We need to work with you to be better”.