Mr. Speaker, that has nothing to do with the issue at hand, but since the hon. member asked, I will tell her.
I served from 2002 to 2006. It was toward the end of the Liberal's run after a decade of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin. I can say that there was massive disinvestment in the armed forces. We regularly ran into problems such as finding boots in the right size.
Training was done with pathetic equipment. It was totally ridiculous. Training was not adapted to the new combat reality.
I am listening to the Liberal members talking, but I experienced the end of the Liberal reign when they were rather callous about the equipment and appropriate training.
In my opinion, mistakes were made in the funding of our armed forces in the past. We must move forward. I cannot say who in particular made the most mistakes.