Mr. Speaker, we stood up and protected Canadian jobs, Canadian industry and Canadian trade. We know the American government cares about creating prosperity in North America, and we are going to do it together. What the American government, and particularly this President, also cares about is defence and national security.
The leader of the Conservative Party was sitting around the cabinet table when Conservatives dropped spending on defence to below 1%, and the Americans will not understand any more than Canadians do why the Leader of the Opposition refuses to take national security seriously and refuses to get his—