Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.
NATO is asking its members to allocate 2% of their GDP to military spending. That is the subject of today's motion.
However, another international organization, the UN, has also proposed that wealthy countries such as Canada allocate the equivalent of 0.7% of their GDP to the international development of impoverished countries. Under the Liberals, this percentage is 0.27%, but it was 0.32% under the Stephen Harper government. This percentage is now lower with the Liberals in power, even though they boast that they are champions of international aid. That is just laughable.
The Conservatives say that we must agree to the request of an organization to which we belong. In this case, it is the NATO request concerning military spending.
Do they support the UN request for international aid? In my opinion, they go hand in hand.