“I'm filling time with Canadian workers and enhancing security. I'm not giving any numbers or answering for the spaceport costs.”
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A debate where the Conservatives criticized a $200 million Liberal plan to build a spaceport in Nova Scotia as wasteful spending, while the Liberals touted their commitment to procure an airborne early warning system projected to create 3,000 jobs in the aerospace and defense sector. The Liberals also discussed unrelated military spending and recruitment efforts.
“Those people don't want to hear the truth. I'm going to list things our military spending bought instead.”