Mr. Speaker, it was the previous government that ran a competition to select a company internationally to create the next generation fighter plane.
The current CF-18s will begin to come to the end of their useful life in this decade. That is why we are proceeding with the purchase of new airplanes, with great support by the way from not just the men and women in uniform but also the industry.
I have heard no concrete suggestion on how we would proceed from the Liberal Party.