Mr. Speaker, I thank the members for Elgin—Middlesex—London and London West for their hard work and engagement on this file.
Our government was pleased to support Diamond Aircraft, with close to $20 million in financial support in February 2008 through our strategic aerospace and defence initiative. That was to support their R and D efforts.
This new request is a lot of money. Our government does not take this lightly, and we will be considering our options.