Mr. Speaker, instead of following their seven-point program, the Conservatives should inspire themselves with twelve-point programs and start by admitting they have a problem.
There has been fear-mongering about the F-35s, saying that there would be great losses for Canadian companies and yet this is the only major military procurement in recent history where there are zero guaranteed industrial regional benefits.
Why is the government insisting on proceeding with a company that has not even signed a contract to guarantee industrial regional benefits for Canada? What has been given so far is less than 1%.