Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, my colleague could ask him, since we need to know the costs associated with these issues. Operation PROVISION, the military operation in support of refugee resettlement, includes two important components. Reserve resources have been requested, and several hundred re

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, those are all of the questions that I had. With regard to the points that I made, it is important to understand that we have not been given any specifics on several aspects of the budget. We therefore need more information in that regard. I am giving my colleague the

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I will be sharing my time with the member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman. Before I ask my first question, I would like to say that our colleagues on the government side have been blinded by their sunny ways. We are here today to determine whether our federal financial

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I was a lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces. I endured the Liberal budget cuts back in the day. In Friday's throne speech, the Liberal government said that it would build a leaner military. Rather than talk about looking for efficiencies, can the minis

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, rather than support our allies in the fight against terrorism here in Canada and abroad, our country will merely sit on the sidelines and contribute nothing more than training. That worries me. Can the Minister of National Defence tell us why Canada is a bit player

Speech from the Throne  Mr. Speaker, hon. members, the government failed to consult Canadians, adopt a motion in the House, or show any accountability before it decided to withdraw our CF-18s from Iraq and Syria. I spent 22 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. Retreating shows a lack of leadership. Retr