To the civilian question, Mr. Speaker, nine is the answer. I have spoken to nine civilians in my riding.
Secondly, it is so good of the Conservatives. They bring forward a budget that has 1,000 spending items. They take two items out of the budget and say, “These are good but you voted against it; you voted against the entire budget”.
The reality is that what my hon. colleague, the hon. member for Fort McMurray—Athabasca, is asking me to do is to vote confidence in him and his Conservative government.
I can assure the House that it will be a very, very sad day in this country when I vote confidence in the Conservative Government of Canada.