Mr. Speaker, we will always work with the Americans to create prosperity while also defending our workers here. Speaking of defence, we are not going to take any lessons from a member of Mr. Harper's cabinet, because this Conservative leader was there when the Harper government decided to cut defence investments to less than 1% of GDP, which the Americans absolutely do not want. We are going to increase that investment to 2%. The Conservative leader refuses to commit to that, and what is more, he refuses to get the security clearance needed to deal with national security issues.
In the House of Commons on November 6th, 2024. See this statement in context.