Mr. Speaker, being picked up at a cost of $16,000 from a fishing camp is not the way to learn how search and rescue helicopters operate.
Average Canadians are being told to tighten their belts, but when it comes to the minister and his department's use of military aircraft, money is apparently no object.
How can we count on this minister to provide leadership on this issue when he himself treats a search and rescue helicopter as private transportation?