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House Hansard - 53

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 5, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 53 - Apr/5/22
Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay
  • Apr/5/22 10:32:23 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for working alongside my friend on the Standing Committee on National Defence, where we usually get along very well. The 2% is a pledge we made, and we should meet our commitment. We should be moving toward it and we should meet it. We have already semi-committed to the F-35s, although the minister said in the House that they are still working on it and the other minister said it is a done deal, so I am a little confused on that file. What I do know is we are in desperate need, and my friend knows this as well, being on the defence committee. We are understaffed and underequipped, and we need to fix it now.
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Context: House Hansard - 53 - Apr/5/22
Hon. Anita Anand (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • Apr/5/22 2:54:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question. The Conservatives want to question our commitment to the Canadian Armed Forces. Let us be clear. The Conservatives, for a decade, had a chance to step up and invest in NATO and our armed forces. Instead, they decided to actively step back and allow military spending to drop below 1% of our GDP in 2013, but not us. We will continue to invest in our armed forces. We will continue to support NATO, NORAD and our Canadian Armed Forces.
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