Mr. Speaker, the previous government decided to risk manage the capability gap. Our government is not willing to take this risk.
We are going to be investing in the Canadian Armed Forces. That is why we are going to have an interim fleet of new aircraft to fill this gap, making sure we can meet all our obligations to NORAD, NATO, and any unforeseen situations.
If anybody thinks we are not going to have any unforeseen situations, then think about 9/11, when we had to put every single fighter up in the air.