Mr. Speaker, putting aside the despicable comments the Conservatives have in their speaking notes regarding the Prime Minister, and the character assassination they persist in, I want to pick up on what the member mentioned with regard to the military. How wrong can a member actually be?
At the end of the day, when the leader of the Conservative Party was in the Conservative caucus, military spending fell to less than 1% of GDP . We are now at 2% with the current Prime Minister, and moving far beyond that. We have actually given a 20% increase in pay to Canadian Forces members. These are the things the member opposite votes against. The $1-billion cutback she is talking about is because of the cost savings on cannabis. Will she not reconsider her—
