Mr. Speaker, the amendment is only intended to hold the government at its word.
Members opposite, including the minister, have spent some time today talking about how the cuts will not affect programs and services for veterans but that they will go forward with the cuts but do it through cuts to red tape and somehow mysteriously finding some savings.
All I want to do, and I think members in this chamber would agree, is ensure that we hold the government's feet to the fire. If it finds, through its operational strategic review, savings, it should ensure it goes directly to the programs and services for veterans so they are not affected.
Members opposite should put their money where their mouth is and get this done. We could then have a unanimous passage of the amendment.