Mr. Speaker, I know it is hard for my colleague to hear the truth, but that is exactly what we did. We launched an open and transparent process to replace Canada's fighter fleet with 88 advanced fighter jets, not 66. That is something the Conservatives were unable to do during their 10 years in office. The Auditor General's two reports show that they gravely mismanaged the file and failed to acquire any new fighter jets. That is their record.
My colleague talked about transparency, but let me remind the House that the Conservatives had two sets of numbers, one for the public and the other for themselves. Anyone with a record as poor as the Conservatives' should not be talking about transparency.
Our bidding process will get us good fighter jets for the right price and will create job opportunities for Canadians. I think Canadian Armed Forces members are very happy with what we have done with this program.