Mr. Speaker, with respect to Libya, I think that the Minister of National Defence has some serious problems doing the math. Because of his inability to add things up, the cost of the F-35s was underestimated by $10 billion. Now he is making the same mistake with costs related to the mission in Libya. In October, he said that it would cost $50 million.
Today we learned that it cost seven times that, or $350 million.
Why does the minister have such a hard time being honest when it is time to disclose true costs?