Mr. Chair, the Harper Conservatives sole-sourced almost every major military procurement, and yet still failed to deliver for the military.
Let us look at their record. The Parliamentary Budget Officer reported almost double the government's estimate for the modern fighter purchase, and a previous Auditor General report found that the Conservatives, believe it or not, kept two sets of numbers, one internal and one for Canadians, and a decade later, still no fighter jets for the air force.
Could the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence please tell the House how our government is providing the Royal Canadian Air Force with the critical equipment that is needed to be fully operational, today and into the future?