Mr. Speaker, I can barely believe it. Does the government believe that Canadian democracy is a distraction?
Mr. Speaker, yesterday you ruled that the government has to tell Canadians the truth about the real cost of the stealth fighter aircraft. The Conservative government has offered us a guesstimate of $16 billion. The Parliamentary Budget Officer has said it is going to be just about double that at $30 billion. That is $1,000 for every Canadian man, woman and child.
When will the government stop lowballing the cost to the Canadian public, face the facts and tell them the truth?