Mr. Speaker, all of us remember the last time the Conservatives talked about a Canada first defence policy, and we also remember what they did. They gutted the defence budget, reducing defence spending to less than 1% of our GDP for the first and only time in Canada's long history. In the last nine years, as we have doubled defence spending, the Conservatives have voted against every single dollar, just as they voted against support for Ukraine. Standing up for the Canadian Armed Forces may require the Conservatives to stand up to their leader.
In the House of Commons on November 26th, 2024. See this statement in context.