Mr. Chair, I can say that Canadians are still somewhat skeptical whether or not the money will ever get out the door. The Liberals say it is there, but it has not been spent. If it is not spent, then it has lapsed. If they get to the point that they want to make cuts for other reasons, like a downturn in the economy, it will be the first money to go, because it has not been allocated and used.
NATO said that we are supposed to be spending more, yet we just went to the NATO conference and the summit in London and heard the Prime Minister tell the NATO leaders in a press conference that Canada was spending1.4% on GDP. I ask the minister this: Was that truthful?