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David McGuinty Liberal
“We are quickly spending more money on defence. We are giving soldiers a raise, recruiting more people, and investing in military bases and the Arctic. The problem is that the opposition voted against all of this.”
“Mr. Speaker, no, that is not what he meant. What he meant was we would reach 2% of our GDP spending in 10 months. We would get members of our Canadian Armed Forces a significant pay raise in less than six months. We would increase recruitment by 61%, year over over. We would be making billions of dollars of investment in our 33 bases. We would extend our presence in Latvia for three more years, with 3,000 members in a forward operating location. We would announce $40 billion for investments in the Arctic, including for northern operational support hubs. We are moving at breakneck speed. The problem is that, in every one of those cases, the opposition has voted against.”
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Mr. Speaker, no, that is not what he meant. What he meant was we would reach 2% of our GDP spending in 10 months. We would get members of our Canadian Armed Forces a significant pay raise in less than six months. We would increase recruitment by 61%, year over over. We would be making billions of dollars of investment in our 33 bases. We would extend our presence in Latvia for three more years, with 3,000 members in a forward operating location. We would announce $40 billion for investments in the Arctic, including for northern operational support hubs. We are moving at breakneck speed. The problem is that, in every one of those cases, the opposition has voted against.